Muvezwa Surname
Approximately 965 people bear this surname
Muvezwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 939 | 1:16,441 | 2,395 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Muvezwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muvezwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muvezwa is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muvezwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 371,870th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 7,551,861 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Muvezwa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 939 people, or 1 in 16,441. In Zimbabwe Muvezwa is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 51 percent reside, Harare Province, where 24 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mvezwa | 92 | 6 | / |
| Muwezwa | 86 | 384 | / |
| Muvezva | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mvuzwa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Mvizwa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mfezwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mvweza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mufuzwa | 71 | 22 | / |
| Musvaidzwa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mwaveza | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mphuzwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muvazwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muwezva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mphezewa | 67 | 314 | / |
| Muhwezva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mfazwa | 62 | 6 | / |
| Mvazwe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Muswaidzwa | 59 | 10 | / |
| Mauwa Feza | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mwevezi | 57 | 71 | / |
| Müvezzi | 57 | 45 | / |
| Mphazwa | 57 | 12 | / |
| Mavwazi | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mavezzi | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mphweza | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muvizvo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mufawwaz | 53 | 2 | / |
| Mahfuzza | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mufawazah | 50 | 11 | / |
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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 Muvezwa
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