Mtosa Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Mtosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Tanzania | 186 | 1:284,632 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mtosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mtosa occurs most in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mtosa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtosa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mtosa is the 500,196th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtosa reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Without taking into account Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 28 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mtossa | 91 | 7 | / |
| Mthosa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mtosha | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mthosia | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mtoussa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mtoso | 80 | 1,137 | / |
| Mtasa | 80 | 1,065 | / |
| Mtesa | 80 | 918 | / |
| Mtose | 80 | 202 | / |
| Mtoja | 80 | 65 | / |
| Mtusa | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mtoza | 80 | 16 | / |
| Mtosi | 80 | 9 | / |
| Mthosiah | 77 | 8 | / |
| Mthotsha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mtasha | 73 | 602 | / |
| Mtesha | 73 | 385 | / |
| Mtocha | 73 | 341 | / |
| Mtatsa | 73 | 39 | / |
| Mtotso | 73 | 22 | / |
| Mthasa | 73 | 15 | / |
| Mtoshe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Mtasah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mtessa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mtutsa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mtotsi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mthosi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mthoza | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mthesa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtousi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtossi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtosis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtoser | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtoshi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtesaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtassa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtoussi | 67 | 11 | / |
| M'Tassa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mtochea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthotso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtassai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mtosa
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