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 occurs most in Zambia. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mututa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 131,615th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,122,174 people. The last name Mututa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mututa live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mututa is also the 515,650th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 293 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,283 people, or 1 in 12,354. In Zambia Mututa is mostly found in: Muchinga Province, where 29 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside and Central Province, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside.

Mututa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Mututa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Muthuta9243/
Mututau9212/
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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