Mutakwa Surname

252,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mutakwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mutakwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia6251:25,3602,698
Zimbabwe5261:29,3504,506
DR Congo3971:186,09518,831
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mutakwa (98) may also be a first name.

Mutakwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mutakwa is found most frequently in Zambia. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mutakwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 252,393rd most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,647,670 people. The last name Mutakwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mutakwa reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 98 people.

The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 625 people, or 1 in 25,360. In Zambia it is most common in: Central Province, where 44 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 34 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent reside. Besides Zambia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mutaikwa9321/
Mutankwa937/
Mutakwad932/
Muthakwa931/
Mutatkwa931/
Mutakwoha881/
Mutekwa86994/
Mutagwa86373/
Mutakwe86200/
Mutokwa86125/
Mutakwi8643/
Motakwa861/
Mutakua861/
Muthekwa8056/
Mutaugwa806/
Mutookwa802/
Muteekwa801/
Mutakuha801/
Mutankwe801/
Mutaggwa801/
Mutaingwa751/
Mutokwe71106/
Motokwa7187/
Mutegwa7163/
Mutokwi7124/
Mutagwi7110/
Motakwe713/
Mutogwa712/
Mothokwa67542/
Mutangua6721/
Mutangwi675/
Mutaigwe673/
Muteegwa671/
Mothakwe671/
Mutangwo671/
Mustaqua671/

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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 Mutakwa
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