Mtungwe Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Mtungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 566 | 1:93,536 | 9,334 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mtungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mtungwe is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mtungwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtungwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 548,408th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. The last name Mtungwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtungwe are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 566 people, or 1 in 93,536. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mtwara Region, where 37 percent are found, Lindi Region, where 36 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mtungwe
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