Mtiwa Surname
Approximately 692 people bear this surname
Mtiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 654 | 1:26,176 | 3,951 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mtiwa (11) may also be a first name.
Mtiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mtiwa is most common in Malawi. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mtiwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mtiwa is the 481,560th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,531,136 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtiwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 11 people.
The last name Mtiwa is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 654 people, or 1 in 26,176. Outside of Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mthiwa | 91 | 3 | / |
| Mteiwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mthiswa | 83 | 11 | / |
| Mthijwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mtewa | 80 | 3,248 | / |
| Mtuwa | 80 | 2,557 | / |
| Mtiba | 80 | 572 | / |
| Mtiwe | 80 | 258 | / |
| Mtiva | 80 | 14 | / |
| Mthiba | 73 | 144 | / |
| Mtibaa | 73 | 103 | / |
| Mtewaâ | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mthewa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mtibha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mtejwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mtajwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mtuhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mthiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mthiwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mthuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtojwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mteywa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtehwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtheswa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mtajwaa | 67 | 6 | / |
| M'Tibaa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mtaibah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mhthiba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthojwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtthewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthehwa | 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 Mtiwa
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