Mtom Surname
Approximately 800 people bear this surname
Mtom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 799 | 1:221,706 | 13,081 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Mtom (106) may also be a first name.
Mtom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mtom is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mtom click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtom? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mtom is the 430,675th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 9,109,432 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtom are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 915,176th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 106 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 799 people, or 1 in 221,706. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 83 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 10 percent are found and Taraba, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Mtom occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 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
- 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 Mtom
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