Msweti Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Msweti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msweti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1671:317,01624,066
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227

Msweti Last Name Facts

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

Msweti is found most in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Msweti click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Msweti? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,310,135th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Msweti occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msweti live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 317,016. In Tanzania Msweti is mostly found in: Singida Region, where 98 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mswethi921/
Mswete83168/
Msweta83111/
Mswety831/
Mswatti773/
Mswatie771/
M'Swati771/
Mswathi771/
Mshweta771/
Mswattie712/
Msuhesti712/
Mshwathi711/
Mswita674/
McWety672/
Msvete671/
Mzwathi625/
Mzwatti622/
McWetty620/
McWethey576/
McWeytyh570/
McVety50416/
McVete500/

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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 Msweti
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