Mwer Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Mwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria521:3,406,592101,701
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Mwer (10) may also be a first name.

Mwer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwer occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwer is the 2,483,783rd most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname Mwer is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Mwer live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mwer is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name internationally, held by 10 people.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria Mwer is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwere89344/
Mweir891/
Mweere803/
Muer75471/
Mver75121/
Mber7557/
Mwehere731/
Mvere671,480/
Mouer67372/
Mwire6790/
Muere6788/
Mberh6712/
Mbeer675/
Mmber674/
Hmuer673/
M'Ber672/
Mbeir671/
Mverh671/
Hmber670/
Muert670/
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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 Mwer
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