Muwewe Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Muwewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muwewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo5811:127,15913,690
Zambia351:452,85521,237
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263

Muwewe (11) may also be a first name.

Muwewe Last Name Facts

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

Muwewe is found most in The DR Congo. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Muwewe.

How Common Is The Last Name Muwewe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 523,160th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,735,179 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muwewe reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name globally, held by 11 people.

It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 581 people, or 1 in 127,159. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 6 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muweewe922/
Muwew914/
Mowewe83117/
Muwebe8375/
Muwowe8321/
Muwewa8313/
Muwawe833/
Muweewa772/
Muwaawe771/
Muiwewa771/
Mushweshwe7539/
Muveve6794/
Mubebe6752/
Muwawi672/
Mubeywe624/
Musvesve577/
Muvhevhe572/
Moubiwei571/
Mubajjwe571/
Mubaiwea571/
Muvevi50275/
Muviwa5060/
Muwavi5014/
Miveve504/
Mubebi501/

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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 Muwewe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis