Mwesya Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Mwesya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 456 | 1:116,100 | 11,115 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwesya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwesya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwesya has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwesya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 633,196th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname Mwesya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwesya live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mwesya is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 456 people, or 1 in 116,100. In Tanzania Mwesya is most prevalent in: Songwe Region, where 52 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 48 percent are found and Singida Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania Mwesya occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mwesya
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