Mutwe Surname

392,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 901 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mutwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mutwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3861:137,15412,684
Zambia2831:56,0075,145
DR Congo1981:373,12932,235
Uganda311:1,259,33249,678
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mutwe (246) may also be a first name.

Mutwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mutwe occurs most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mutwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Mutwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 392,486th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,088,286 people. The surname Mutwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mutwe reside; 46 percent reside in East Africa and 46 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mutwe is also the 569,299th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 246 people.

The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 386 people, or 1 in 137,154. In Tanzania Mutwe is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 47 percent reside, Lindi Region, where 38 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 31 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mutwet91166/
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Moutwe916/
Muthwe912/
Mhutwe911/
Mautwe911/
Muttwe911/
Mutw892/
Mutwa801,633/
Mitwe80750/
Motwe8050/
Mutwi809/
Mutue806/
Mudwe806/
Muthwa732,498/
Mutwii73919/
Muthue73383/
Moutwa73110/
Moudwe73107/
Mutuhe7344/
Muitwa7334/
Mutwaa738/
Mautwa734/
Motwea734/
Mutwai732/
Mautue732/
Moutue731/
Mmitwe731/
Mutw'a731/
Mhutwa731/
Mothwe731/
Mujtwa731/
Mitwei731/
Muetue731/
Mudwie731/
Muthwi731/
Muthweiss711/
Muthwii67471/
Mustuer6741/
Mutwaya678/
Mautuez674/
Mutwish672/
Muettue671/
Mutwaja671/
Muştuer671/

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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 Mutwe
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