Mwasheni Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Mwasheni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 51 | 1:1,038,071 | 45,916 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mwasheni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwasheni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwasheni is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwasheni.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwasheni? popularity and diffusion
Mwasheni is the 2,689,253rd most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Mwasheni is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwasheni are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 1,038,071. In Tanzania Mwasheni is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Mwasheni exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwashena | 88 | 3 | / |
| Mwashini | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwasengi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwatshini | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwatshene | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwasene | 80 | 451 | / |
| Mwazeni | 80 | 171 | / |
| Mwasini | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwashine | 75 | 27 | / |
| Mwachene | 75 | 21 | / |
| Mwasingi | 75 | 10 | / |
| Mwasenge | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mbashini | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwassena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwasiene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muacheni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwausenge | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mwashinge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbhosheni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwasina | 67 | 233 | / |
| Mvaxeni | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mbasini | 67 | 5 | / |
| Muasini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muashine | 63 | 82 | / |
| Muasenge | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mbashine | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbouseni | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muazzeni | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbousseni | 59 | 2 | / |
| Mouhasene | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mbashinnyh | 56 | 4 | / |
| Mbousseini | 56 | 1 | / |
| Muasine | 53 | 33 | / |
| Muasina | 53 | 3 | / |
| Mwazine | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mbazene | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muhasiny | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mouhousseini | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwasheni
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