Mweteri Surname
Approximately 1,239 people bear this surname
Mweteri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,239 | 1:37,272 | 3,985 |
Mweteri (175) may also be a first name.
Mweteri Demographics
Mweteri Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mweteri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweteri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mweteri is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mweteri.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweteri? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 305,423rd most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,881,797 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweteri live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mweteri is also the 690,096th most frequently used first name globally, held by 175 people.
Mweteri is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,239 people, or 1 in 37,272. In Kenya Mweteri is mostly concentrated in: Meru County, where 86 percent are found, Isiolo County, where 13 percent are found and Tharaka Nithi County, where 0 percent are found.
Mweteri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Mweteri last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweterri | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mwateri | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mwethera | 80 | 5 | / |
| Muheteri | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwitari | 71 | 327 | / |
| Mbetere | 71 | 189 | / |
| Mwatari | 71 | 122 | / |
| Muetera | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mwitere | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbetiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwetare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muetherich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwitera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muitheri | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mueteera | 67 | 3 | / |
| Muhetera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwittari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwa'tery | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwitirihe | 63 | 1 | / |
| M'Mwitari | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwitharie | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwiterehe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muesterey | 63 | 0 | / |
| Mwitira | 57 | 37 | / |
| Mbitiri | 57 | 7 | / |
| Mvatari | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muittari | 53 | 140 | / |
| Mwithira | 53 | 5 | / |
| Muithere | 53 | 5 | / |
| Muithiri | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muhatiri | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mbithere | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mbiteire | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muhotari | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mwaitira | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mwitirehe | 50 | 20 | / |
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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 Mweteri
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis