Mwinshehe Surname

232,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,735 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwinshehe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwinshehe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,7321:30,5673,625
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Mwinshehe (661) may also be a first name.

Mwinshehe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwinshehe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwinshehe? popularity and diffusion

Mwinshehe is the 232,645th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,200,315 people. Mwinshehe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwinshehe are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 322,851st most commonly used first name on earth, held by 661 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,732 people, or 1 in 30,567. In Tanzania Mwinshehe is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 45 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 16 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Mwinshehe
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