Mwerevu Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mwerevu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwerevu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwerevu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwerevu is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwerevu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwerevu is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mwerevu live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Mwerevu is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 44 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 11 percent live. Not including Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.
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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 Mwerevu
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