Mwevu Surname
Approximately 519 people bear this surname
Mwevu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 513 | 1:144,015 | 15,172 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
Mwevu (113) may also be a first name.
Mwevu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwevu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwevu is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwevu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 599,225th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 14,041,514 people. The surname Mwevu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwevu live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mwevu is also the 881,625th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 113 people.
Mwevu is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 513 people, or 1 in 144,015. Outside of The DR Congo this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mwevu
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