Utamwa Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Utamwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Utamwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2581:205,20017,429
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Utamwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Utamwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Utamwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Utamwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Utamwa is the 988,329th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Utamwa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 258 people, or 1 in 205,200. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Singida Region, where 63 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 33 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in China, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Utamba8367/
Utanwa835/
Otamwa831/
Utanwat777/
Outamba771/
Hutamba771/
Uthanwat7115/
Otanwa671,219/
Utambe67219/
Uttambhai6788/
Utambi6714/
Itamua6711/
Utonwa6710/
Authanwat671/
Itomwa671/
Utomwe671/
Ottanwa6216/
Ottamua621/
Otanwua621/
Utambee621/
Otainwaa571/
Ustamuić571/
Utanguha571/
Otonwa506/
Utombo503/
Otomwo502/
Utomba502/
Otanwo502/
Utomve501/
Utombe501/
Utomva501/

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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 Utamwa
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