Muatu Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Muatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Muatu (19) may also be a first name.

Muatu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muatu is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muatu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Muatu is the 2,843,861st most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Muatu reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Muatu is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 19 people.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muathu9122/
Muattu911/
Mbatu802,138/
Mwatu801,764/
Muotu802/
Mouhatou771/
Mbathu73409/
Mboutu7391/
Mbatou7345/
Mbateu7329/
Mbatui739/
Mbatau738/
Mbautu734/
Mvatou734/
Mwathu732/
Mbattu732/
Mwattu731/
Mwatau731/
Mboutou672,818/
Mvoutou671,156/
Mbouteu6790/
Mbatheu6719/
Mbathou672/
M'Batou672/
Mbatteu671/
Mbhathu671/
Mbateuh671/
Mbahatu671/
M'Bathou6212/
M'Boutou623/
M'Voutou621/
Mbouttou621/
Mboutouh621/
Mbotu6042/
Mwotu601/
Muotoe5550/
Muotoo5510/
Mwatoo551/
Mbohtu551/
Mmuotoo5018/

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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 Muatu
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