Mwere Surname

811,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Uganda1011:386,52824,497
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
England61:9,286,343223,652
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwere is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwere? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwere is the 811,192nd most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,184,726 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mwere live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Beside Malawi it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 29 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwerea914/
Mweere913/
Mwerez911/
Mwetre911/
Mwer8960/
Mwehere831/
Mwera807,033/
Mweri803,093/
Mbere802,803/
Mvere801,480/
Mware80690/
Mwore80168/
Mwire8090/
Muere8088/
Mwery809/
Mweir801/
Mbeere73222/
Mwarey7349/
Muerer7332/
Muereh7316/
Mweera736/
Mworeh735/
M'Bere734/
Mueres734/
Mbhere732/
Mweeri732/
Mberhe732/
Mberee731/
Mberre731/
Mhbere731/
Mwerri731/
Muerez731/
Mbeire731/
Mwarea731/
Mwaare731/
Muehre730/
Muer67471/
Mver67121/
Mber6757/
Muheire6719/
Mouerei673/
Muerett673/
Mbehere672/
M'Beire672/
Mouereh671/
Muheere671/
Muerrer671/
Muhiere671/
Muhoere671/
Muerrey670/
Mouerer670/

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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
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  • 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 Mwere
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