Mtyama Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Mtyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 94 | 1:563,209 | 35,741 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mtyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mtyama occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mtyama.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtyama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,882,912th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mtyama reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 563,209. In Tanzania Mtyama is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 88 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 4 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Tanzania Mtyama is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mtyama
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