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 appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 509,669th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 11,351,318 people. Mwese is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwese reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 463,770th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 353 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 479 people, or 1 in 154,237. Other than The DR Congo it exists 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 devotion of those holding the Mwese last name 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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