Mbewe Surname
Approximately 221,252 people bear this surname
Mbewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 133,474 | 1:119 | 12 |
| Malawi | 74,919 | 1:229 | 13 |
| Zimbabwe | 6,357 | 1:2,429 | 158 |
| South Africa | 3,465 | 1:15,636 | 1,976 |
| DR Congo | 2,134 | 1:34,620 | 4,298 |
| Tanzania | 498 | 1:106,308 | 10,330 |
| England | 124 | 1:449,339 | 29,774 |
| Botswana | 88 | 1:24,851 | 5,011 |
| United States | 61 | 1:5,941,950 | 288,805 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Mbewe (931) may also be a first name.
Mbewe Demographics
Average Mbewe Salary in
United States
$30,136 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mbewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbewe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbewe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,507th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 32,938 people. Mbewe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbewe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mbewe is also the 265,066th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 931 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 133,474 people, or 1 in 119. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Eastern Province, where 61 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Zambia Mbewe exists in 42 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 34 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.
Mbewe Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Mbewe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 36.12% less than the national average, earning R 151,800 per year and in United States they earn 30.16% less than the national average, earning $30,136 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbhewe | 91 | 17 | / |
| Mbewer | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mbewwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mbeweu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nmbewe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mbeawe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mbeewe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mbeweh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mbew | 89 | 6 | / |
| M'Behwe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mbiewei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mbebe | 80 | 19,080 | / |
| Mbewa | 80 | 8,477 | / |
| Mbowe | 80 | 8,402 | / |
| Mbeve | 80 | 6,076 | / |
| Mbawe | 80 | 430 | / |
| Mbewi | 80 | 148 | / |
| Mbiwe | 80 | 113 | / |
| M'Bew | 80 | 12 | / |
| Mvewe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nbewe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mbewh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbhew | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Bewa | 73 | 268 | / |
| Mbahwe | 73 | 173 | / |
| Mbhebe | 73 | 29 | / |
| Mbawei | 73 | 25 | / |
| Mmbebe | 73 | 21 | / |
| Mbeawa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Mbaiwe | 73 | 18 | / |
| M'Bawe | 73 | 17 | / |
| Mboweh | 73 | 15 | / |
| Mbajwe | 73 | 15 | / |
| Mbaawe | 73 | 13 | / |
| Mbebhe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Mbeiwa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mbeebi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mbibee | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nmbiwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mbeeue | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mbeibe | 73 | 3 | / |
| M'Bebe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nmbewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbebee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbeejw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbowei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mboywe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbiswe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbhowe | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Bowe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbeabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbawee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbesue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbehwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbeewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbeehw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbiwet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbewui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mmbewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbiewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbewii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbeihwa | 67 | 108 | / |
| Mbhebhe | 67 | 62 | / |
| Mbajjwe | 67 | 41 | / |
| Mbeibeh | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mbahawe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mbehewa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbahwei | 67 | 4 | / |
| M'Behwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbieveh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbeibei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbebeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaawea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbewaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbhejwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mbewe
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