Mwehe Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

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

Mwehe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwehe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Tanzania781:678,73939,598
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mwehe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwehe is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mwehe.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwehe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,194,481st most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name Mwehe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwehe live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 55 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Aside from The DR Congo Mwehe is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 39 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwihehe832/
Mvehe8010/
Mwahe807/
Mwohe802/
Mwihe801/
Mwehi801/
Mweue801/
Mwaee801/
Mwahee736/
Mweije733/
Mbeehe731/
Mwejje731/
Mwhahe731/
Mweyie731/
Mueher731/
Mweu676,461/
Muee6720/
Mwaheya675/
Mwie672/
Muehees671/
Mwye671/
Mueherr670/
Mvgehee670/

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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 Mwehe
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