Mwese Surname
Approximately 642 people bear this surname
Mwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 479 | 1:154,237 | 16,059 |
| Kenya | 102 | 1:452,744 | 23,898 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwese (353) may also be a first name.
Mwese Demographics
Mwese Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwese is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwese? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwese is the 509,669th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,351,318 people. The last name Mwese is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwese live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mwese is also the 463,770th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 353 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 479 people, or 1 in 154,237. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 16 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Mwese Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Mwese surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mwese
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