Misewe Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Misewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Misewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Kenya131:3,552,30039,474
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Misewe Last Name Facts

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

Misewe has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Misewe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Misewe is the 1,649,806th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Misewe live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Apart from Malawi Misewe is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Misew9113/
Musewe83725/
Misiwe8330/
Mishew836/
Misewa836/
Misebe832/
Misawe832/
Miseve831/
Misewi831/
Mesewe831/
Meisew831/
Misowe831/
Misevhe7768/
Maisebe7757/
Moiseve7748/
Moiseew7731/
Miseeva7730/
Misheve7715/
Miscewy779/
Maiszew775/
Messewe775/
Mishowe772/
Mizewei772/
Maiseve772/
Maisewa772/
Misaiwe771/
Mishawe771/
Mesjewe771/
Mesewet771/
Musehwe771/
Missawe771/
Misawei771/
Misoweh771/
Mitsiwe771/
Missowe771/
Mischew770/
Misheaw770/
Moiseeva7160,869/
Maiseeva71177/
Misheeva7165/
Misewich7148/
Moiseevy7122/
Maissebe7121/
Misevets7117/
Moiseewa7115/
Miseveth7112/
Mishever714/
Misseeva712/
Misiewiz712/
Moiseevi712/
Metsewet712/
Misevieh711/
Mishieve711/
Maidjewe711/
Metsewei711/
Mishajwe711/
Museve672,310/
Musowe67876/
Meshew67254/
Migebe6782/
Musawe6744/
Mesebe6738/
Moisseeva6731/
Misebi6721/
Muzewe6717/
Misawi6717/
Misiwa6716/
Misiewich6713/
Misove6713/
Mishevets6711/
Musiwe675/
Micewa674/
Mizebe674/
Moisheeva674/
Mezewe673/
Muziwe673/
Messew672/
Misave672/
Musewi672/
Mesowe672/
Mizawe671/
Maisheeva671/
Mesawe671/
Miseevich671/
Mezowe671/
Mesewa671/
Mysiewecz671/
Miziwe671/
Mejewe671/
Maidjewee671/
Megewe671/
Mijewi671/
Muisseeva671/
Misibe671/
Misive671/

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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 Misewe
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