Mweni Surname
Approximately 8,940 people bear this surname
Mweni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5,691 | 1:8,115 | 1,066 |
| Zambia | 1,874 | 1:8,458 | 998 |
| DR Congo | 930 | 1:79,440 | 9,181 |
| South Africa | 192 | 1:282,176 | 27,721 |
| Tanzania | 159 | 1:332,966 | 24,953 |
| Zimbabwe | 73 | 1:211,483 | 24,106 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Mweni (1,948) may also be a first name.
Mweni Demographics
Mweni Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mweni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mweni is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweni? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 56,676th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 815,162 people. Mweni is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweni live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mweni is also the 171,749th most common forename world-wide It is held by 1,948 people.
The last name Mweni is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 5,691 people, or 1 in 8,115. In Kenya it is most common in: Kilifi County, where 66 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 12 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 5 percent are found. Barring Kenya Mweni is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 21 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
Mweni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (96%) in Kenya.
Mweni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.11% less than the national average, earning R 90,048 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwenyi | 91 | 6,425 | / |
| Mwegni | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mmweni | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mweenyi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwheeni | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwwenyi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mweanyi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mueni | 80 | 45,534 | / |
| Mwene | 80 | 2,931 | / |
| Mwini | 80 | 1,660 | / |
| Mwena | 80 | 831 | / |
| Mweny | 80 | 417 | / |
| Mveni | 80 | 259 | / |
| Mwenj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwouegni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwinyi | 73 | 32,841 | / |
| Mweene | 73 | 22,751 | / |
| Mwenje | 73 | 3,955 | / |
| Muheni | 73 | 226 | / |
| Mvenyi | 73 | 210 | / |
| Mwaini | 73 | 157 | / |
| Muengi | 73 | 145 | / |
| Moueni | 73 | 28 | / |
| Mvengi | 73 | 22 | / |
| Mwenes | 73 | 21 | / |
| Muenai | 73 | 14 | / |
| Mwenea | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mbeini | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mweine | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mweena | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwinui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mbenui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwuena | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwenha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mweana | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbenii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muenis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwenet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mvieni | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mvenie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muenih | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbenei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbenai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwenoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwenee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwinei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muenich | 67 | 190 | / |
| Muhenio | 67 | 89 | / |
| Mouegni | 67 | 61 | / |
| Mwaingi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwingai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mouenyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvennyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouheni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mweness | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwainyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Beini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muheini | 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 Mweni
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis