Mweye Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Mweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 120 | 1:132,083 | 9,814 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mweye is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,422,956th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mweye live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 132,083. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 62 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 33 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent are found. Beside Zambia Mweye is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweyey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mweyie | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwey | 89 | 47 | / |
| Mwye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mwayeye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mweyeye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mbeye | 80 | 4,151 | / |
| Mweya | 80 | 1,526 | / |
| Mweyo | 80 | 1,448 | / |
| Mwaye | 80 | 307 | / |
| Mwiye | 80 | 90 | / |
| Mweyi | 80 | 73 | / |
| Mweyu | 80 | 35 | / |
| Mwoye | 80 | 26 | / |
| Mueye | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mweje | 80 | 3 | / |
| Hmwee | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mwaee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mweea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mweue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwwey | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Beye | 73 | 173 | / |
| Mwaiye | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mwahee | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mweije | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mwiyei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mmbeye | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mweeya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mmweje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwejje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mweyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbawee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwauye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hmwaye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mweu | 67 | 6,461 | / |
| Mbey | 67 | 3,760 | / |
| Mwei | 67 | 1,779 | / |
| Mwea | 67 | 990 | / |
| Mvey | 67 | 262 | / |
| Mway | 67 | 245 | / |
| Mwayaye | 67 | 48 | / |
| Muey | 67 | 36 | / |
| Mwej | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mvee | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mwaheya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwayesh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moueyed | 67 | 2 | / |
| M'Beiye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwue | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Beyye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moueyet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouheye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mweyouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwoe | 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 Mweye
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