Mweza Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mweza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mweza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3011:245,44723,516
South Africa2101:257,98926,009
Lesotho211:96,78810,857
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mweza (255) may also be a first name.

Mweza Last Name Facts

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

Mweza occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mweza.

How Common Is The Last Name Mweza? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 579,404th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 13,445,657 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweza reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 557,860th most widespread first name globally It is held by 255 people.

This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 301 people, or 1 in 245,447. Apart from The DR Congo Mweza occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 39 percent reside and Lesotho, where 4 percent reside.

Mweza Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (67%) in Kenya.

Mweza earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.89% less than the national average, earning R 235,512 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwezha917/
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Mwedza911/
Mwaedza83122/
Mweheza831/
Mwiza807,002/
Mwezi805,282/
Mweze804,174/
Mwesa803,449/
Mbeza802,081/
Mwaza80837/
Mwezo80197/
Mweja80139/
Mueza8056/
Mveza802/
Mbeiza738,482/
Mbedza732,108/
Mwedzi731,761/
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Moueza73375/
Muerza73361/
Mwecha7358/
Mwedzo7352/
Mwizia7324/
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Mbeeza738/
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Mweize731/
Mwuiza731/
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Mmwesa731/
Mbezza731/
Mwezie731/
Mwidza731/
Mwezho731/
Mwazza731/
Mwadza731/
Mhwaza731/
Mwasea731/
Mwedeheza711/
Mwaidza67230/
Mwetsha67198/
M'Mweze6796/
Mwaizai679/
Mviezoa674/
Mbeizza672/
Mbeizah672/
Mwoezoh671/
Mwetcha671/
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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 Mweza
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