Mtuy Surname

552,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mtuy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mtuy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5751:92,0729,213
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mtuy Last Name Facts

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

Mtuy is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mtuy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 552,088th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,608,211 people. The surname Mtuy is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtuy live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mtuy is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 575 people, or 1 in 92,072. In Tanzania Mtuy is mostly concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 35 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 19 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mtuya891,114/
Mtuye89235/
Mtuyi894/
Mtu86221/
Mty869/
Mthuya802/
Mtui7517,707/
Mtey751,730/
Mtau751,051/
Mtyi75170/
Mtou7578/
Mtoy7554/
Mtuu7510/
Mtay755/
Mtuh755/
Mthu753/
Mtye753/
Mteu753/
Mtyo753/
Mthy751/
Mtue751/
Mmtu751/
Mtut751/
Mtys751/
Mttu751/
Mtty751/
Mtuj751/
Mtup751/
Mdtu751/
Mtaya671,995/
Mtiya671,708/
Mtahu67339/
Mteya67302/
Mtaju67202/
Mtayi67130/
Mtiyo6787/
Mtoya6759/
Mtoyi6735/
Mtaye6727/
Mtoyo6717/
Mteyo6711/
Mteyi679/
Mtuje675/
Mtoup675/
Mtiye675/
Mtiyi674/
Mtuja672/
Mtioy671/
Mthus671/
Mtout671/
Mtuha671/
Mteye671/
Mteyu671/
Mhtoy671/
Mtush671/
Mtutd671/
Mthau671/
Mthyz671/
Mtyio671/

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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 Mtuy
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