Mteri Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Mteri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 224 | 1:236,346 | 19,344 |
| Kenya | 118 | 1:391,355 | 22,129 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mteri (24) may also be a first name.
Mteri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mteri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mteri is most common in Tanzania. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mteri? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 802,733rd most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The surname Mteri occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mteri reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 24 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 236,346. In Tanzania Mteri is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 50 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 40 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 34 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mtetri | 91 | 3 | / |
| Mteuri | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mteiri | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mteirih | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mtera | 80 | 1,252 | / |
| Mtiri | 80 | 773 | / |
| Mtari | 80 | 215 | / |
| Mtere | 80 | 14 | / |
| Mtori | 80 | 12 | / |
| Mtery | 80 | 2 | / |
| M'Teirih | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mteirich | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mtherich | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Terich | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mtahri | 73 | 443 | / |
| Mterry | 73 | 11 | / |
| Mtarai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mtairi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mhtere | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mthari | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mteera | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mhtari | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtaitri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtterea | 67 | 0 | / |
| M'Tayrih | 62 | 6 | / |
| M'Tairih | 62 | 2 | / |
| Mtheatre | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mtairich | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mtira | 60 | 639 | / |
| Mtare | 60 | 94 | / |
| Mtore | 60 | 30 | / |
| Mtary | 60 | 5 | / |
| Mtire | 60 | 2 | / |
| M'Tayrich | 57 | 5 | / |
| Mtaira | 55 | 183 | / |
| Mtiraj | 55 | 21 | / |
| Mtired | 55 | 9 | / |
| Mhtare | 55 | 6 | / |
| Mtaire | 55 | 2 | / |
| M'Tira | 55 | 2 | / |
| Mthare | 55 | 1 | / |
| M'Tare | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mtoire | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mtoraj | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mttire | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mthaira | 50 | 4 | / |
| Mtairej | 50 | 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 Mteri
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