Mkweru Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mkweru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkweru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1001:529,41634,350
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mkweru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mkweru is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkweru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,658,108th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkweru reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mkweru is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 529,416. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 91 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 16 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Mkweru Last Name Statistics demography

Mkweru earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.76% less than the national average, earning R 133,656 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkhweru9258/
Mkwiru8376/
Mgweru832/
Mqwaru674/
Mgwaru672/
Mgberu672/
Mngwiru621/
Mgqwaru621/
Mngveru621/
Mgbeahru576/
Mcuiru501/

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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 Mkweru
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