Ntilema Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ntilema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ntilema Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2331:227,21718,851
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ntilema Last Name Facts

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

Ntilema occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntilema? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,058,336th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. Ntilema is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ntilema live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Ntilema is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 227,217. In Tanzania Ntilema is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 52 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 41 percent live and Arusha Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Ntilema occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ntileme864/
Ntilima863/
Ntelema861/
Ntulama71260/
Ntelama711/
Nteleme711/
Ntelemo711/
Ntilimi711/
Nthulama679/
Ntelamo57566/

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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 Ntilema
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