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 found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 59,521st most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 859,685 people. The surname Mbewa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbewa live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 57 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 5,651 people, or 1 in 13,074. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 10 percent live.
Mbewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mbewa last name is primarily 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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