Mteya Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Mteya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Mteya Demographics
Average Mteya Salary in
South Africa
R 29,556
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mteya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mteya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mteya is found most in Malawi. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mteya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 889,654th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mteya live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Outside of Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent live and Tanzania, where 5 percent live.
Mteya Last Name Statistics demography
Mteya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.56% less than the national average, earning R 29,556 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mtheya | 91 | 8 | / |
| Mtey | 89 | 1,730 | / |
| Mtea | 89 | 268 | / |
| Mtaya | 80 | 1,995 | / |
| Mtiya | 80 | 1,708 | / |
| Mtuya | 80 | 1,114 | / |
| Mtoya | 80 | 59 | / |
| Mteyo | 80 | 11 | / |
| Mteyi | 80 | 9 | / |
| Mthea | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mteha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mteyu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mteye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mthiya | 73 | 1,694 | / |
| Mthaya | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mtiyaz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mthuya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mtehas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtheyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtei | 67 | 6,469 | / |
| Mtai | 67 | 2,571 | / |
| Mtae | 67 | 1,433 | / |
| Mtau | 67 | 1,051 | / |
| Mtuy | 67 | 578 | / |
| Mtee | 67 | 258 | / |
| Mtie | 67 | 137 | / |
| Mtoa | 67 | 99 | / |
| Mtoy | 67 | 54 | / |
| Mtaa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Mtoe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mtaj | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mtay | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mtye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mteu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mtue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mteeyoh | 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 Mteya
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