Mbwese Surname

115,237th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,008 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mbwese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbwese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3,8991:18,9482,384
Kenya961:481,04124,996
England101:5,571,806158,774
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mbwese (1,024) may also be a first name.

Mbwese Last Name Facts

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

Mbwese is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbwese? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 115,237th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,818,250 people. Mbwese is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbwese reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mbwese is also the 250,845th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 1,024 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 3,899 people, or 1 in 18,948. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Mbwese Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbweshe9275/
Mbwesse9234/
Mbwase831,471/
Mbuese83479/
Mbwesa8391/
Mbweze8331/
Mbwesi834/
Mpwese831/
Mbwece831/
Mbwege831/
Mbwesh831/
Nbwese831/
Mbwasse7756/
Mbweshi7741/
Mbwetsh774/
Mbwedje772/
Mbuesse772/
Mbweche771/
Mbueseh771/
Mbwejje771/
Mbouese771/
Mbues739/
Mbwetshi7196/
Mbouesse712/
Mbuessie712/
Mbwechea711/
Mbweza671,117/
Mbwasi67608/
Mpwesa67115/
Mbuesa6789/
Mbwisi6771/
Mbwisa6765/
Mbweji6721/
Mbwech6721/
Mpwege679/
Mbuise673/
Mbueze672/
Mbuesi671/
Mbwosi671/
Mbwish671/
Mbwezi671/
Mpweje671/

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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 Mbwese
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