Mutapwa Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mutapwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mutapwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1321:116,95615,881
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mutapwa Last Name Facts

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

Mutapwa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mutapwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,290,735th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name Mutapwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mutapwa live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mutapwa is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 116,956. In Zimbabwe Mutapwa is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 53 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 27 percent are found and Harare Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mutabwa86150/
Mutapwe8674/
Mutepwa8625/
Mutopwa8618/
Motapwa8617/
Mitapwa864/
Mutapua861/
Muthabwa804/
Mutampua801/
Mutaibwa801/
Mutebwa711,028/
Mutabwe7135/
Mutabua7134/
Mutavva7132/
Mutobwa7123/
Muthahabwa711/
Mutopwe711/
Motabwa711/
Muthavva67924/
Muttavva67142/
Muteebwa6736/
Muthobwa6723/
Muthebwa677/
Mustabua671/
Mmutavva671/
Mutaivva671/
Mutthavva6327/
Muthhavva631/
Mutebua571,083/
Mutobwe57252/
Mutobua5734/
Mutabbi571/
Mutabui571/
Mutabue571/
Muthovva531/
Mutebuayi5027/
Mutobuayi504/
Mutabouhi503/

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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 Mutapwa
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