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 surname Mwesa is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwesa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 131,102nd most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,112,945 people. The surname Mwesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwesa live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mwesa is also the 397,789th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 460 people.
Mwesa is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,956 people, or 1 in 37,771. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common 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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