Mtewele Surname

66,605th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,484 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtewele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtewele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7,4811:7,077924
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mtewele Last Name Facts

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

Mtewele is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtewele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 66,605th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 973,750 people. The surname Mtewele is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtewele live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mtewele is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 7,481 people, or 1 in 7,077. In Tanzania Mtewele is primarily concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 45 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 12 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 11 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Hungary, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtebele861,694/
Mtevele864/
Mtebhele8065/
Mthebele8025/
Mtawale71944/
Mtevela711/
Mtavele711/
Mtebeli711/
M'Tawale671/
Mtawali5711,979/
Mtywili5736/
Mtivile574/
Mthawali536/

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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 Mtewele
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