Mweupe Surname
Approximately 727 people bear this surname
Mweupe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 546 | 1:96,963 | 9,625 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mweupe (85) may also be a first name.
Mweupe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweupe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mweupe is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweupe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 463,668th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,024,135 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweupe are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mweupe is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 85 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 546 people, or 1 in 96,963. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 95 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 14 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwepe | 91 | 165 | / |
| Mwaupe | 83 | 11 | / |
| Mwepea | 83 | 10 | / |
| Mweepe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mwup | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwaupea | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mwape | 73 | 197,690 | / |
| Mwepa | 73 | 843 | / |
| Muape | 73 | 208 | / |
| Mbupe | 73 | 105 | / |
| Mbepe | 73 | 74 | / |
| Mwipe | 73 | 28 | / |
| Muipe | 73 | 28 | / |
| Muepe | 73 | 16 | / |
| Mwupj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbeup | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbeppe | 67 | 41 | / |
| Mboupe | 67 | 37 | / |
| Mmwape | 67 | 27 | / |
| Muhepe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mbepei | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mwapea | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mwaipe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mwopei | 67 | 6 | / |
| Muhipe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbephe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbepey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwapee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaape | 67 | 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
- 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 Mweupe
- 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