Mtetu Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Mtetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 92 | 1:575,452 | 36,554 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mtetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mtetu is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtetu? popularity and diffusion
Mtetu is the 1,871,545th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Mtetu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtetu live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 575,452. In Tanzania Mtetu is most numerous in: Pwani Region, where 86 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mtetu
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