Mwamwezi Surname
Approximately 5,341 people bear this surname
Mwamwezi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5,340 | 1:9,914 | 1,286 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwamwezi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwamwezi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwamwezi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwamwezi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwamwezi is the 89,798th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,364,453 people. The surname Mwamwezi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamwezi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Mwamwezi is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 5,340 people, or 1 in 9,914. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 65 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 28 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mwamwezi
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