Mtenge Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Mtenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 80 | 1:661,770 | 39,157 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Mtenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mtenge is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mtenge click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtenge? popularity and diffusion
Mtenge is the 2,020,555th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtenge are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 661,770. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 94 percent reside, Lindi Region, where 5 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mtenger | 92 | 72 | / |
| Mtengie | 92 | 11 | / |
| Mthenge | 92 | 4 | / |
| Mtuenge | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mtene | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mtengeth | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mtenga | 83 | 8,744 | / |
| Mtenje | 83 | 7,039 | / |
| Mtinge | 83 | 368 | / |
| Mtengi | 83 | 128 | / |
| Mteine | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mthene | 83 | 2 | / |
| M'Tene | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mthengi | 77 | 62 | / |
| Mtingea | 77 | 21 | / |
| Mtengai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mtenzie | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mtnggie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mtentje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mtena | 73 | 559 | / |
| Mteni | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mthemnye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mtenzi | 67 | 1,797 | / |
| Mtinga | 67 | 292 | / |
| Mtenyo | 67 | 106 | / |
| Mteena | 67 | 54 | / |
| Mtingi | 67 | 45 | / |
| Mtenha | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mtenji | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mtenyi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mtenza | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mthena | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mtenja | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mtenis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mteyni | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mtensa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mtheny | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mtenui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtensi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mteenh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthethnea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mtenge
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