Mteti Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mteti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mteti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1291:419,98236,405
Tanzania1111:476,95132,497
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Mteti (103) may also be a first name.

Mteti Last Name Facts

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

Mteti is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mteti? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,022,958th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mteti live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 103 people.

Mteti is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 419,982. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent reside, Western Cape, where 16 percent reside and Gauteng, where 13 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 45 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.

Mteti Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Mteti earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.21% less than the national average, earning R 85,056 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtheti911/
Mtetei911/
M'Teti911/
Mthethi8374/
Mtete805,876/
Mtiti80977/
Mteta80578/
Mtetha7312/
Mteite737/
Mtythi732/
Mteita732/
Mtetoa731/
Mtethe731/
Mthete731/
Mtoiti731/
Mtitii731/
Mthethe67108/
Mthetha6712/
Mtetuoa672/
Mtyotyi671/
Mthehte671/
Mtitiss671/
Mthethoa6231/
Mthietha621/
Mtita6096/
Mtaita553,742/
Mtityo5594/
Mthite555/
Mthita554/
Mtithe551/
Mtitech504/
Mtyotyo501/

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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 Mteti
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