Mvesi Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mvesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mvesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1491:355,31326,378
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Mvesi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mvesi occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mvesi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,403,590th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mvesi reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 355,313. In Tanzania Mvesi is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 63 percent live and Iringa Region, where 37 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwesi80678/
Muesi80114/
Mvezi8099/
Mvisi807/
Muhesi731,319/
Mweusi73310/
Mvedji734/
Mwuesi731/
Mwesie731/
Muheesi67100/
Muheisi672/
Mwehesi672/

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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 Mvesi
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