Mtota Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Mtota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 420 | 1:126,051 | 11,865 |
| Zimbabwe | 86 | 1:179,514 | 21,615 |
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mtota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mtota is most common in Tanzania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtota? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mtota is the 577,768th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,396,224 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtota reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 126,051. In Tanzania Mtota is most frequent in: Mtwara Region, where 84 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 12 percent live and Lindi Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent live and Namibia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mtotha | 91 | 240 | / |
| Mthota | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mtoeta | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mdtota | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mthotah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mtoto | 80 | 1,873 | / |
| Mtuta | 80 | 1,284 | / |
| Mtata | 80 | 774 | / |
| Mteta | 80 | 578 | / |
| Mtoti | 80 | 262 | / |
| Mtote | 80 | 65 | / |
| Mthata | 73 | 53 | / |
| Mtetah | 73 | 13 | / |
| Mtetha | 73 | 12 | / |
| Mtutha | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mtatha | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mtotou | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mtotho | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mtotoz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mthoti | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtotoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtouti | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtauta | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mtoiti | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Toti | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mthatha | 67 | 61 | / |
| Mthetha | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mthutha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthotho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mthothi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtootoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtahtah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mtoutou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mttatay | 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 Mtota
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