Mhekwa Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Mhekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 103 | 1:513,996 | 33,942 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mhekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mhekwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mhekwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhekwa? popularity and diffusion
Mhekwa is the 1,795,579th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname Mhekwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mhekwa live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 513,996. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Iringa Region, where 84 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 9 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mhekwa
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