Mtobe Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania531:998,89845,319
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mtobe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mtobe is most common in Tanzania. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Mtobe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtobe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,483,783rd most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mtobe live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mtobe is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 998,898. In Tanzania Mtobe is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 96 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtoobe911/
Mthobe911/
Mtebe801,719/
Mtove801,269/
Mtoba801,264/
Mtobi80285/
Mtube8088/
Mtowe8064/
Mtabe805/
Mthobi73126/
Mthoba7371/
Mthebe7343/
Mtebea738/
Mtebhe733/
Mtobha733/
Mtaoue731/
Mthabe731/
Mtaber731/
Mtobaya6734/

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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 Mtobe
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