Mweyo Surname

269,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mweyo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mweyo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,4441:36,6634,254
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mweyo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mweyo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mweyo is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mweyo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 269,545th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,032,836 people. Mweyo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweyo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Mweyo is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,444 people, or 1 in 36,663. In Tanzania Mweyo is most frequent in: Lindi Region, where 69 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent live and Pwani Region, where 13 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and Haiti, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwey8947/
Mweyouh831/
Mweya801,526/
Mbeyo80498/
Mwoyo80369/
Mweye80152/
Mwayo80132/
Mweyi8073/
Mveyo8045/
Mweyu8035/
Mwiyo809/
Mwwey801/
Mueyo801/
Muheyo7325/
Mueyoh7317/
Mbeyoh7311/
Mbeyoo738/
Mwooyo735/
M'Woyo734/
Mweeya732/
Mweyie731/
Mweyah731/
Mweu676,461/
Mbey673,760/
Mwei671,779/
Mwea67990/
Mvey67262/
Mway67245/
Mwou67121/
Muey6736/
Mwej6734/
Mwoi6714/
Mwie672/
Mwoy672/
Mwoe671/
Mwayowa671/
Mwoj671/
Mwue671/
Mwye671/

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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 Mweyo
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