Mtunguja Surname

125,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,630 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtunguja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtunguja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3,6251:14,6051,902
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mtunguja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mtunguja is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtunguja? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 125,404th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,007,588 people. Mtunguja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtunguja live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,625 people, or 1 in 14,605. In Tanzania Mtunguja is most prevalent in: Tanga Region, where 59 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtunguza881/
Mtungoa801/
Mtungaye751/
Mthungoa751/
Mtunaye673/
Mteunou671/
Mthugoa671/
Mtongai671/
Mtongoa671/
Mtongaye634/
Mtongoza633/
Mthongoa631/
Mtunee574/
Mtongoi534/
Mtonoya534/
Mthunye531/
Mtongoyi501/

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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
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  • 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 Mtunguja
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