Mwesa Surname
Approximately 3,449 people bear this surname
Mwesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,956 | 1:37,771 | 4,681 |
| Zambia | 764 | 1:20,746 | 2,282 |
| Tanzania | 705 | 1:75,094 | 7,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Mwesa (460) may also be a first name.
Mwesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwesa occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 131,102nd most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,112,945 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwesa are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mwesa is also the 397,789th most widely held given name in the world, held by 460 people.
Mwesa is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,956 people, or 1 in 37,771. Apart from The DR Congo this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 22 percent reside and Tanzania, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Mwesa
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