Mweema Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Mweema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 175 | 1:90,571 | 7,461 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mweema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mweema has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mweema.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,276,805th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. Mweema occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mweema live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mweema is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 90,571. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Central Province, where 35 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 28 percent are found and Southern Province, where 27 percent are found. Apart from Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweemaa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mweemga | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwema | 91 | 74,222 | / |
| Mweemi | 83 | 25 | / |
| Mweama | 83 | 21 | / |
| Mweeme | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mwemah | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwaema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwe'ma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwemma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mbeema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mbehema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbheema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muema | 73 | 43,764 | / |
| Mwima | 73 | 12,330 | / |
| Mbema | 73 | 1,764 | / |
| Mweme | 73 | 697 | / |
| Mwemi | 73 | 401 | / |
| Mwama | 73 | 385 | / |
| Mwoma | 73 | 153 | / |
| Mvema | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mwemo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mwemy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwamay | 67 | 55 | / |
| M'Bema | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mwaima | 67 | 30 | / |
| Mbeama | 67 | 27 | / |
| Mwamau | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mwemou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mbhema | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwimah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwamai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwamaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| M'Wemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbehma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbemma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwimha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwimma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwamah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwemge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwemes | 67 | 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 Mweema
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