Mweya Surname
Approximately 1,526 people bear this surname
Mweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 936 | 1:56,562 | 6,153 |
| Kenya | 146 | 1:316,301 | 19,644 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Zambia | 125 | 1:126,799 | 9,544 |
| Namibia | 86 | 1:28,016 | 4,369 |
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1:308,765 | 30,783 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mweya (177) may also be a first name.
Mweya Demographics
Mweya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mweya is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 257,936th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,775,587 people. Mweya is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mweya reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 685,598th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 177 people.
The last name Mweya is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 936 people, or 1 in 56,562. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 58 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 29 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Mweya occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 10 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Mweya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mweya surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweeya | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mweyah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwea | 89 | 990 | / |
| Mwey | 89 | 47 | / |
| Mbeya | 80 | 19,946 | / |
| Mwiya | 80 | 19,155 | / |
| Mwaya | 80 | 8,983 | / |
| Mweyo | 80 | 1,448 | / |
| Mweha | 80 | 453 | / |
| Mwoya | 80 | 375 | / |
| Mueya | 80 | 241 | / |
| Mweye | 80 | 152 | / |
| Mweja | 80 | 139 | / |
| Mweyi | 80 | 73 | / |
| Mweyu | 80 | 35 | / |
| Mveya | 80 | 21 | / |
| Mweia | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mweea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mweah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwwey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbeeya | 73 | 83 | / |
| Mwayaa | 73 | 75 | / |
| M'Beya | 73 | 13 | / |
| Mwehia | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mbeyha | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mwooya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mbeyah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Muehya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwiyah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mweyie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mueyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Veya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moueya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwayah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbheya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwheat | 73 | 0 | / |
| Mwai | 67 | 26,902 | / |
| Mweu | 67 | 6,461 | / |
| Mwau | 67 | 5,535 | / |
| Mbey | 67 | 3,760 | / |
| Mbea | 67 | 2,138 | / |
| Mwei | 67 | 1,779 | / |
| Mvey | 67 | 262 | / |
| Mway | 67 | 245 | / |
| Mwaa | 67 | 124 | / |
| Mwaj | 67 | 51 | / |
| Muey | 67 | 36 | / |
| Mwej | 67 | 34 | / |
| Muea | 67 | 14 | / |
| M'Wehad | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mwahaya | 67 | 11 | / |
| M'Beyah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mwie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mweyouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muheyad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwayowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwye | 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
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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 Mweya
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