Mwethya Surname
Approximately 790 people bear this surname
Mwethya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 790 | 1:58,456 | 5,769 |
Mwethya (183) may also be a first name.
Mwethya Demographics
Mwethya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwethya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwethya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwethya is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mwethya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwethya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 434,913th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,224,742 people. The last name Mwethya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwethya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 673,127th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 183 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 790 people, or 1 in 58,456. In Kenya Mwethya is most common in: Machakos County, where 49 percent reside, Kitui County, where 21 percent reside and Makueni County, where 17 percent reside.
Mwethya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwethya last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mwethya
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