Mbewa Surname
Approximately 8,477 people bear this surname
Mbewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 5,651 | 1:13,074 | 1,636 |
| Malawi | 1,046 | 1:16,366 | 2,570 |
| Tanzania | 858 | 1:61,704 | 6,617 |
| Zambia | 405 | 1:39,136 | 3,905 |
| South Africa | 169 | 1:320,578 | 30,241 |
| Kenya | 96 | 1:481,041 | 24,996 |
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Zimbabwe | 78 | 1:197,926 | 23,035 |
| Indonesia | 74 | 1:1,787,151 | 115,268 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Mbewa (57) may also be a first name.
Mbewa Demographics
Average Mbewa Salary in
United States
$56,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mbewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbewa is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbewa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 59,521st most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 859,685 people. The surname Mbewa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbewa reside; 68 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 57 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 5,651 people, or 1 in 13,074. Other than The DR Congo Mbewa occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 10 percent live.
Mbewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mbewa surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Mbewa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.4% less than the national average, earning R 75,084 per year and in United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year.
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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 Mbewa
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