Mtukwa Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mtukwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtukwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1861:83,00112,099
Tanzania1081:490,20032,950
England211:2,653,24194,788
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Mtukwa (14) may also be a first name.

Mtukwa Last Name Facts

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

Mtukwa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtukwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 832,284th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. The surname Mtukwa is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mtukwa are found; 61 percent are found in Southern Africa and 61 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mtukwa is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 14 people.

Mtukwa is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 83,001. In Zimbabwe Mtukwa is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 29 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 26 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 16 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mthukwa9255/
Mtunkwa921/
Mtikwa83380/
Mtukwe83142/
Mtokwa839/
Mtugwa832/
Mthokwa7741/
Mtaugwa7722/
Mthuqwa7711/
Mtunqwa772/
Mhtungwa7111/
Mtung'wa719/
Mmtunqwa713/
Mmtungwa713/
Mtogwa671,088/
Mtigwa679/
Mtokwe674/
Mtugwi671/
Mtungwo623/
Mtungua621/
Mthogwa621/
Mtunngwe571/

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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 Mtukwa
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