Mtolwa Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtolwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mtolwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania981:540,22134,788
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Mtolwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mtolwa is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtolwa? popularity and diffusion

Mtolwa is the 1,746,159th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtolwa live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mtolwa is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 540,221. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Morogoro Region, where 96 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtulwa8313/
Mtolwi831/
Mteulwa7721/
Mtaulwa771/
Mtaselwa711/
Mthelhwa711/
Mtolbo671/
Mtheulba571/
Mtalbe501/
Mtalbo501/

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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 Mtolwa
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