Mwesh Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Mwesh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Kenya | 23 | 1:2,007,822 | 36,224 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwesh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwesh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwesh is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwesh? popularity and diffusion
Mwesh is the 2,661,929th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Mwesh reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Mwesh is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Mwesh is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 97 percent live and Gombe, where 3 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 43 percent live and Zambia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweshe | 91 | 297 | / |
| Mwes | 89 | 26 | / |
| Mwetshe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mhweesh | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mweehsh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwese | 80 | 642 | / |
| Mwash | 80 | 136 | / |
| Mwish | 80 | 29 | / |
| Mwexh | 80 | 18 | / |
| Mwech | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mweis | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mwest | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwues | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwees | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwosh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbesh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwezh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muesh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Mwuese | 73 | 559 | / |
| Mueshe | 73 | 150 | / |
| Muesch | 73 | 62 | / |
| Mwesse | 73 | 47 | / |
| Mwetse | 73 | 37 | / |
| Mweise | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mhwash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mweezh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mouesh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbeish | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwishe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mweiss | 73 | 0 | / |
| Mues | 67 | 3,102 | / |
| Mwez | 67 | 1,994 | / |
| Mwej | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mwitshe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mbes | 67 | 24 | / |
| Muetsch | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mwjs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwec | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muetshe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwesh
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