Mtongori Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtongori Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtongori Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4181:126,65511,911
Norway31:1,714,09579,528

Mtongori (392) may also be a first name.

Mtongori Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mtongori is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtongori? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 699,651st most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mtongori live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mtongori is also the 436,979th most common given name throughout the world, borne by 392 people.

The surname Mtongori is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 126,655. In Tanzania Mtongori is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 71 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 22 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 1 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 Mtongori
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