Mweu Surname

75,923rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mweu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mweu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6,0101:7,6841,017
DR Congo4171:177,16918,031
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mweu (2,406) may also be a first name.

Mweu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mweu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mweu is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mweu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 75,923rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,127,928 people. The last name Mweu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweu reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mweu is also the 151,290th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,406 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 6,010 people, or 1 in 7,684. In Kenya Mweu is most frequent in: Machakos County, where 50 percent reside, Makueni County, where 14 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 11 percent reside. Beside Kenya it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Mweu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Mweu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mweyu8935/
Mweue891/
Mwe86530/
Mwu867/
Mwau755,535/
Mwei751,779/
Mbeu751,306/
Mwea75990/
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Mwou75121/
Hmwe7577/
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Mwey7547/
Måwe7540/
Mhwe7537/
Mwej7534/
Mweh7534/
M'We7512/
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Mveu751/
Mwoe751/
Mwue751/
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Mwup751/
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Mbeyu676,351/
Mweya671,526/
Mweyo671,448/
Mwahu671,215/
Mwije67822/
Mweji67774/
Mweha67453/
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Mwehe67198/
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Mwaju6757/
Mbeuh6732/
Mwoye6726/
Mwahe677/
Muheu675/
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Mwowe674/
Muawe674/
Hmwei673/
Mweje673/
Mmwou673/
Mbeau673/
Hmwee672/
Mwohe672/
Mweis672/
Mweia672/
Mwehi671/
Mwaut671/
Mbheu671/
Mweah671/
Mwaue671/
Mweea671/
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Mwuoy671/
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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 Mweu
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