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
The surname Mwese occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwese? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 509,669th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,351,318 people. The surname Mwese is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwese are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mwese is also the 463,770th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 353 people.
Mwese is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 479 people, or 1 in 154,237. Outside of The DR Congo it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 16 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
Mwese Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwese surname is predominantly 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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