Mbweso Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mbweso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbweso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1171:452,49231,593
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mbweso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbweso is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbweso? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,604,449th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name Mbweso is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbweso live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 452,492. In Tanzania Mbweso is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 80 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent live and Lindi Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbwesso921/
Mbwesoh921/
Mbwezo83171/
Mbwesa8391/
Mbwaso8327/
Mbwiso832/
Mbueso831/
Mpweso831/
Mbwesas771/
Mbwezoh771/
Mbweza671,117/
Mpwesa67115/
Mbuesa6789/
Mbwizo6782/
Mbwisa6765/
Mbwasa6749/
Mbweja6734/
Mbuezo6734/
Mvwesa674/
Mbwozo671/
Mbouetsop671/

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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 Mbweso
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