Mwekwa Surname
Approximately 1,934 people bear this surname
Mwekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,877 | 1:28,205 | 3,382 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwekwa occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwekwa? popularity and diffusion
Mwekwa is the 212,895th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,768,121 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwekwa reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwekwa is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,877 people, or 1 in 28,205. In Tanzania Mwekwa is mostly found in: Singida Region, where 67 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 23 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwaekwa | 92 | 121 | / |
| Mwakwa | 83 | 1,257 | / |
| Mwikwa | 83 | 184 | / |
| Mvekwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mwekwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwegwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwokwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwesgwa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mweigwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mwaegwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mbeakwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mmbekwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwaikwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwaqkwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbekwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwakwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mweisgwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwaeghwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwainkwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwaikwaja | 67 | 182 | / |
| Mwikwe | 67 | 62 | / |
| Mwegwe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Mvikwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mvakwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwigwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muikwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwagwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvokwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwakwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwakua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwikwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaikwaya | 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 Mwekwa
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