Mahewu Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mahewu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahewu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1431:107,96014,912
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mahewu (19) may also be a first name.

Mahewu Last Name Facts

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

Mahewu is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mahewu.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahewu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,459,453rd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name Mahewu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahewu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widespread forename worldwide, held by 19 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 107,960. In Zimbabwe Mahewu is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 23 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 16 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 15 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mohewu836/
Mahiwu835/
Mahevu831/
Mahesvu7711/
Moewu731/
Maevus6714/
Maevui675/
Mohiwu673/
Maevhu671/
Mahivu671/
Mahivou629/
Moheebu622/
Mehiwou621/
Mahibou621/
Moebu555/
Moevus5022/
Maevoo501/

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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 Mahewu
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