Mweteni Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Mweteni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 405 | 1:130,720 | 12,231 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Mweteni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweteni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mweteni is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweteni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 717,442nd most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,905,518 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweteni are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 405 people, or 1 in 130,720. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 38 percent live, Manyara Region, where 21 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mmweteni | 93 | 191 | / |
| Mwetenio | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mwiteni | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mwetoni | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muetheni | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mwaiteni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbhetheni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwaitenyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbetene | 71 | 12 | / |
| Mvetene | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mvateni | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwetiny | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwaitini | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mwitanyi | 67 | 5 | / |
| M'Beteny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwatanyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwitingi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbhiteni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaitinyi | 63 | 7 | / |
| Mbhitheni | 63 | 1 | / |
| M'Betteny | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbitene | 57 | 4 | / |
| Mvitini | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mwotiny | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muetine | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muitoni | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muitini | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbuitene | 53 | 21 | / |
| Mvithini | 53 | 3 | / |
| Muhotani | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mvithani | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muhatani | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muhitanyi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Muhithani | 50 | 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 Mweteni
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