Mteta Surname
Approximately 578 people bear this surname
Mteta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 526 | 1:100,649 | 9,878 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Mteta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mteta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mteta is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mteta.
How Common Is The Last Name Mteta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 552,088th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 12,608,211 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mteta live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 526 people, or 1 in 100,649. In Tanzania Mteta is most common in: Pwani Region, where 45 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 37 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mtetah | 91 | 13 | / |
| Mtetha | 91 | 12 | / |
| Mteita | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mtetoa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mtoeta | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mthetha | 83 | 12 | / |
| Mtetuoa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mtete | 80 | 5,876 | / |
| Mteto | 80 | 2,139 | / |
| Mtata | 80 | 774 | / |
| Mtota | 80 | 544 | / |
| Mteti | 80 | 247 | / |
| Mtita | 80 | 96 | / |
| Mthethoa | 77 | 31 | / |
| Mthietha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mtaita | 73 | 3,742 | / |
| Mtheto | 73 | 295 | / |
| Mtotha | 73 | 240 | / |
| Mtetho | 73 | 63 | / |
| Mthata | 73 | 53 | / |
| Mtatha | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mteite | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mtyota | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mthota | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mthita | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mtetei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtethe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtheti | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mthete | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mdtota | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Teti | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mthetho | 67 | 2,503 | / |
| Mthethe | 67 | 108 | / |
| Mthethi | 67 | 74 | / |
| Mthatha | 67 | 61 | / |
| Mthehte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthotah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtahtah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mttatay | 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 Mteta
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