Musweu Surname

310,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Musweu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musweu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia7961:19,9122,207
Namibia4111:5,8621,138
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Musweu (290) may also be a first name.

Musweu Last Name Facts

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

Musweu occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Musweu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musweu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 310,758th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,012,827 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Musweu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 518,802nd most widely held given name on earth It is held by 290 people.

This last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 796 people, or 1 in 19,912. In Zambia Musweu is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 47 percent reside, Western Province, where 30 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent reside. Barring Zambia Musweu exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 34 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mushweu9288/
Muswe911,575/
Muswei831/
Muswey831/
Muswee831/
Mushwe831/
Mouswe831/
Musbeu831/
Musweet77520/
Moutswe7716/
Mouswes774/
Musweer772/
Musweyi772/
Muswa731,005/
Musua73545/
Musue73366/
Musui73182/
Muswi7363/
Moswe7346/
Muswo7342/
Miswe7341/
Musbu733/
Musuo733/
Musve732/
Muswy731/
Musbau675,179/
Muswii67311/
Mauswa67288/
Mousbe67100/
Musway6756/
Muchwe6756/
Miswey6727/
Mutswi6727/
Miswea6721/
Musvee6720/
Moshwe6712/
Muswai6711/
Muuswa6710/
Muswah679/
Musbhu678/
Mushwa678/
Muswad677/
Mushui677/
Mutsui676/
Musuet675/
Moswey675/
Musvie674/
Muswiy674/
Mushua674/
Mutsuo673/
Mushve672/
Musbei672/
Misswu672/
Muzwuy671/
Mhiswe671/
Mhuswa671/
Musvau671/
Moswue671/
Mouswa671/
Mushuo671/
Mushwi671/
Musuay671/
Musswa671/
Musuoa671/
Musbee671/
Moswei671/
Mussui671/
Musuho671/
Musuid671/
Musbea671/
Musbou671/
Mussue671/
Muiswa671/
Musued670/

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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
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  • 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 Musweu
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