Mutiembu Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mutiembu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mutiembu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1841:250,97817,076
Uganda551:709,80535,417

Mutiembu (162) may also be a first name.

Mutiembu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mutiembu is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mutiembu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,048,281st most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mutiembu are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mutiembu is also the 720,105th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 162 people.

The surname Mutiembu is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 250,978. In Kenya Mutiembu is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 70 percent live, Kakamega County, where 27 percent live and Kiambu County, where 2 percent live. Outside of Kenya Mutiembu exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 23 percent live.

Mutiembu Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mutiiembu941/
Mutimbu93513/
Mutembu93211/
Mutyembu88956/
Muthembu886/
Mutimbeu881/
Muttembu881/
Muteymbu881/
Mutumbu801,494/
Mitimbu80103/
Motembu805/
Mutinbu801/
Mitembu801/
Muthumbu75116/
Mothembu7554/
Mutumb'u754/
Mithembu752/
Muytumbu751/
Moutoumbou6724/
Motmbeu671/

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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 Mutiembu
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