Muteya Surname
Approximately 1,118 people bear this surname
Muteya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 740 | 1:20,862 | 3,112 |
| DR Congo | 322 | 1:229,440 | 22,327 |
| Zambia | 51 | 1:310,783 | 17,285 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Muteya (102) may also be a first name.
Muteya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muteya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muteya (Marathi: मुतेया, Oriya: ମୁେତୟା) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Muteya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muteya? popularity and diffusion
Muteya is the 331,076th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,518,377 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muteya reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 935,178th most frequent first name internationally, held by 102 people.
The last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 740 people, or 1 in 20,862. In Zimbabwe Muteya is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 46 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live and Harare Province, where 14 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe Muteya is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Zambia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Muteya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muteya in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁେତୟା | muetaya | - |
| Muteya in the Marathi language | ||
| मुतेया | muteya | 87.5 |
| मुटेया | muteya | 12.5 |
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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 Muteya
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