Mkwese Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Mkwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 212 | 1:249,725 | 20,187 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mkwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkwese is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkwese? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,129,067th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname Mkwese occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkwese are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 249,725. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Singida Region, where 99 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mkweshe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Mkwetshe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mkwesi | 83 | 8 | / |
| Mkwesa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mkwege | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mkwase | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mgwese | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mkwesha | 77 | 206 | / |
| Mgweshe | 77 | 184 | / |
| Mkweshi | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mqweshe | 77 | 1 | / |
| McWes | 73 | 4 | / |
| M'Kwesha | 71 | 15 | / |
| Mkgwetsi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mngwuese | 71 | 1 | / |
| McWeaser | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mkweza | 67 | 2,896 | / |
| Mgwesa | 67 | 459 | / |
| Mkwasi | 67 | 263 | / |
| Mgweje | 67 | 148 | / |
| Mgwise | 67 | 40 | / |
| Mgwexe | 67 | 35 | / |
| McWest | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mkwisa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mgwesi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mkwezi | 67 | 3 | / |
| McWeis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mgcwetshe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mcwase | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mkwize | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mqwesi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcwege | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgbese | 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 Mkwese
- 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