Mtutu Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mtutu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtutu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1441:376,23433,811
Zimbabwe1151:134,24617,609
Tanzania171:3,114,21350,054
England151:3,714,537119,675
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mtutu (217) may also be a first name.

Mtutu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mtutu is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtutu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 906,170th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mtutu live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mtutu is also the 612,983rd most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 217 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 376,234. In South Africa Mtutu is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 44 percent reside, Western Cape, where 29 percent reside and Gauteng, where 20 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent reside and Tanzania, where 6 percent reside.

Mtutu Last Name Statistics demography

Mtutu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.49% less than the national average, earning R 112,896 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtutui91291/
M'Tutu912/
Mtuthu912/
Mhtutu911/
Mthuthu8328/
Mhthutu831/
Mtoutou831/
Mtitu8010,008/
Mtotou555/
Mtithu551/
Mtootoo501/

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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 Mtutu
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