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
The last name Mweye is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mweye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mweye is the 1,422,956th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mweye reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 132,083. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Muchinga Province, where 62 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 33 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
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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