Mwetwa Surname
Approximately 840 people bear this surname
Mwetwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 685 | 1:23,139 | 2,486 |
| Zimbabwe | 98 | 1:157,533 | 19,794 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
Mwetwa (23) may also be a first name.
Mwetwa Demographics
Mwetwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwetwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwetwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwetwa is found most in Zambia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mwetwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwetwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 414,602nd most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,675,650 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwetwa live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mwetwa is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 23 people.
The last name Mwetwa is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 685 people, or 1 in 23,139. In Zambia it is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 33 percent reside, Central Province, where 32 percent reside and Southern Province, where 22 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Mwetwa is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Mwetwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mwetwa last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweetwa | 92 | 18,213 | / |
| Mwettwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwaetwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwitwa | 83 | 15,935 | / |
| Mwedwa | 83 | 102 | / |
| Muetwa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mwatwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mwetwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwathwa | 77 | 188 | / |
| Mwithwa | 77 | 132 | / |
| Mwaitwa | 77 | 33 | / |
| Mweetwe | 77 | 23 | / |
| Muhetwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwuitwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwittwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwatua | 67 | 524 | / |
| Muitwa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mbedwa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mwitwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mwitua | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mbitwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbetwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvotwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbetua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwitwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muhatwa | 62 | 4 | / |
| Mwadwaa | 62 | 2 | / |
| Mmbitwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mwadua | 50 | 104 | / |
| Mbedua | 50 | 103 | / |
| Muetue | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mbitua | 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
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- 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 Mwetwa
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