Mwantembe Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Mwantembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 224 | 1:236,346 | 19,344 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mwantembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwantembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwantembe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwantembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 996,001st most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name Mwantembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mwantembe reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 236,346. In Tanzania Mwantembe is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 92 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 7 percent reside and Zambia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Mwantembe
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