Mweko Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Mweko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 195 | 1:271,495 | 21,426 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mweko (22) may also be a first name.
Mweko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mweko has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mweko.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweko? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 804,502nd most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mweko live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent given name world-wide, held by 22 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 271,495. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 62 percent live, Mara Region, where 36 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 41 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwekho | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mweeko | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwako | 80 | 1,900 | / |
| Mwiko | 80 | 1,290 | / |
| Mweka | 80 | 595 | / |
| Mwoko | 80 | 189 | / |
| Mveko | 80 | 62 | / |
| Mueko | 80 | 55 | / |
| Mwakoi | 73 | 2,625 | / |
| Mwikho | 73 | 471 | / |
| Mweuka | 73 | 367 | / |
| Mweeka | 73 | 325 | / |
| Mbeako | 73 | 109 | / |
| Mbeeko | 73 | 52 | / |
| Mwaiko | 73 | 35 | / |
| Mwaeka | 73 | 17 | / |
| Mwekaa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mwakoy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mwokoi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mvekou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwokho | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwakou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbecko | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muekoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwakko | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbekoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mweheka | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Becko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouekou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouecko | 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 Mweko
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