Mtobe Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Mtobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 53 | 1:998,898 | 45,319 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mtobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mtobe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtobe? popularity and diffusion
Mtobe is the 2,483,783rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mtobe live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 998,898. In Tanzania Mtobe is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 96 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Mtobe exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 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 Mtobe
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