Mteva Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Mteva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 94 | 1:563,209 | 35,741 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mteva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mteva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mteva occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mteva? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,907,068th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mteva are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 563,209. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mteva
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