Mtenga Surname

57,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7,9491:6,660865
Malawi6271:27,3034,104
Zimbabwe881:175,43521,257
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mtenga (10) may also be a first name.

Mtenga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mtenga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mtenga is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mtenga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtenga? popularity and diffusion

Mtenga is the 57,884th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 833,434 people. Mtenga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtenga live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 10 people.

The surname Mtenga is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 7,949 people, or 1 in 6,660. In Tanzania Mtenga is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 18 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 7 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Mtenga Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mtenga last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Mtenga earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.27% less than the national average, earning R 141,936 per year and in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mthenga92220/
Mtengai927/
Mtena91559/
Mtengo832,470/
Mtinga83292/
Mtengi83128/
Mtenge8386/
Mteena8354/
Mtenha8323/
Mthena836/
Mtemga831/
Mthengo77213/
Mtenger7772/
Mthengi7762/
Mtingea7721/
Mtengie7711/
Mthenge774/
Mtuenge771/
Mtengoh771/
Mtina73211/
Mthethna715/
Mtingaya714/
Mtengeth712/
Mtinge67368/
Mtingi6745/
Mtimga6733/
Mtinha6731/
Mthina679/
Mtingo671/
Mthethnea671/
Mthingi6270/
Mteunou621/
Mehetina570/
Mtino5559/
Mthino504/
Mtimha501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mtenga
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