Mututa Surname

131,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,434 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mututa Surname Definition:

Mututa is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: drummer.

Mututa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,2831:12,3541,419
DR Congo6841:108,01111,961
Zimbabwe5471:28,2234,340
Kenya5411:85,3607,791
Uganda3321:117,58811,276
England171:3,277,533109,658
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Mututa (293) may also be a first name.

Mututa Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Mututa is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: drummer.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Mututa Last Name Facts

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

Mututa is found most frequently in Zambia. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mututa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 131,615th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,122,174 people. The last name Mututa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mututa are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mututa is also the 515,650th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 293 people.

It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 1,283 people, or 1 in 12,354. In Zambia Mututa is mostly concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 29 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent live and Central Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Zambia it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 16 percent live.

Mututa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Mututha924/
Mutouta921/
Mutauta921/
Mutuuta921/
Mututta921/
Mututah921/
Muthuita86110/
Muttutas861/
Mutautas861/
Mustutha861/
Motuta8315,938/
Mutota832,457/
Mututi83676/
Mutute83640/
Mutita83638/
Mituta83439/
Mututo83222/
Mututy8310/
Mouthouta8013/
Muthute77541/
Mutauto77300/
Muthita77275/
Motutea7721/
Mutotah779/
Muituti777/
Motutai773/
Mithuta772/
Mututhe772/
Mututhi771/
Muttuti771/
Mutieta771/
Mutitau771/
Mutuuti771/
Muthuto771/
Mutusti771/
Mutuite771/
Mututho771/
Muthuti771/
Moutouti716/
Muttutti713/
Muthuthi713/
Mietouta712/
Muttuthi711/
Moutouto711/
Muthitha711/
Moutoute711/
Muthuthe711/
Mouthita711/
Mutoto672,159/
Mutoti671,151/
Mitita67443/
Mutote67324/
Motota67272/
Motuto67245/
Motute67187/
Mutito67131/
Mituto6734/
Motuti678/
Moutoutou672/
Motuty671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mututa
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