Muntenga Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Muntenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muntenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia241:660,41325,715
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641

Muntenga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muntenga is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Muntenga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. Muntenga is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Muntenga live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 660,413. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Central Province, where 42 percent are found, Southern Province, where 38 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent are found. Other than Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muntena93123/
Muntnga931/
Mutentenga891/
Muntinga88398/
Muntenas8844/
Muntenge885/
Munthena883/
Munteana883/
Muntenaş882/
Muntenau881/
Mountenay82222/
Muntingah8296/
Montena80185/
Muntina8040/
Muntinah75197/
Montenay75101/
Müntinga7592/
Montengo7510/
Munteano759/
Montinga752/
Montenge752/
Montenha751/
Montenea751/
Muntaina751/
Monthena751/
Monteana750/
Mounteney71185/
Montenggo717/
Montingoa711/
Monthenay711/
Montina671,713/
Monteña6717/
Mounteanou676/
Montyna672/
Montienggo672/

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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 Muntenga
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