Mtimbe Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtimbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtimbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4131:128,18812,040
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mtimbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mtimbe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtimbe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 708,658th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtimbe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mtimbe is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 413 people, or 1 in 128,188. In Tanzania Mtimbe is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 71 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mthimbe924/
Mhtimbe921/
Mtimber921/
Mtimba831,827/
Mtembe83566/
Mtimbi83358/
Mtumbe83195/
Mtimve8324/
Mtimue8310/
Mthmbe834/
Mtembei77860/
Mtumbei77175/
Mthembe7725/
Mthimba7714/
Mtumbey776/
Mtimver774/
Mtembie771/
Mthembie7146/
Mtembesh711/
Mtumbi671,034/
Mtemba67904/
Mtembi6787/
Mtemwe6713/
Mtimwa676/
Mtemby674/
Mtimwi671/
Mthembi621,492/
Mthemba62139/
Mthemwe62111/
Mthemby6265/
M'Tumbi627/
Mthumbi623/
Mtembai622/
Mtimnwi621/
Mtimwii621/
Mthembuy571/
Mthembui571/
Mtnba551/
Mtemwa5025/
Mtenui501/

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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
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  • 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 Mtimbe
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