Mwesiga Surname

94,659th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,032 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwesiga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwesiga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3,3881:15,6262,032
Uganda1,6151:24,1733,458
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States121:30,204,911765,334
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Mwesiga (548) may also be a first name.

Mwesiga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mwesiga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mwesiga is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwesiga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 94,659th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,448,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwesiga live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwesiga is also the 359,856th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 548 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,388 people, or 1 in 15,626. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 60 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 32 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Mwesiga Last Name Statistics demography

Mwesiga earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.77% less than the national average, earning $40,661 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Mwesiga
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