Mkweli Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Mkweli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 166 | 1:93,001 | 13,275 |
| Tanzania | 69 | 1:767,270 | 42,064 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mkweli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkweli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkweli is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkweli? popularity and diffusion
It is the 998,609th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mkweli are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 93,001. In Zimbabwe Mkweli is primarily found in: Matabeleland South Province, where 43 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 37 percent live and Midlands Province, where 12 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mkhweli | 92 | 468 | / |
| Mkwelie | 92 | 10 | / |
| Mnkweli | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mhkweli | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mkwele | 83 | 780 | / |
| Mkwela | 83 | 622 | / |
| Mkwili | 83 | 97 | / |
| Mkwali | 83 | 95 | / |
| Mgweli | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mncweli | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mngweli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkhwili | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkwalie | 77 | 1 | / |
| McWeilis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mgwali | 67 | 1,082 | / |
| Mgwili | 67 | 815 | / |
| Mkwila | 67 | 292 | / |
| Mgwele | 67 | 204 | / |
| Mkwile | 67 | 176 | / |
| Mcwele | 67 | 30 | / |
| Mkuele | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mkwale | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mcwela | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mcwali | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mqwela | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mgwela | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mgbeli | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mqwili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkwily | 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
- 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 Mkweli
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis