Mwetha Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Mwetha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 56 | 1:824,641 | 32,113 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwetha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwetha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwetha is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwetha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,506,728th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname Mwetha occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwetha are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 824,641. In Kenya Mwetha is most common in: Machakos County, where 84 percent are found and Makueni County, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 2 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 Mwetha
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