Mtofu Surname
Approximately 494 people bear this surname
Mtofu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Tanzania | 149 | 1:355,313 | 26,378 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mtofu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtofu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mtofu is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtofu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 621,618th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 14,752,117 people. Mtofu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtofu reside; 70 percent reside in Southern Africa and 70 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Beside Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 30 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mtofu
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