Mutethia Surname

25,069th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mutethia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mutethia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya21,5171:2,146331
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Mutethia (2,558) may also be a first name.

Mutethia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mutethia is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mutethia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mutethia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mutethia is the 25,069th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 338,530 people. Mutethia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mutethia reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mutethia is also the 145,653rd most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 2,558 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 21,517 people, or 1 in 2,146. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Meru County, where 86 percent live, Tharaka Nithi County, where 5 percent live and Isiolo County, where 3 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Mutethia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muteithia94392/
Mutethtia941/
Mutiethia941/
Mutethya884,286/
Mutithia882/
Muitithia821/
Muteithea821/
Mutatia804/
Mutitia801/
Mutetya801/
Mutotiah7513/
Mutatiah756/
Mutitiay751/
Mutothya751/
Muttatiah713/
Mutteetya711/
Motitia67137/
Mititia67124/
Mutitya6772/
Mothitja632/
Mothetja632/
Mutityat631/
Mutistya631/
Mothitjoa591/
Mutityo531/

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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 Mutethia
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