Shemweta Surname
Approximately 2,394 people bear this surname
Shemweta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,388 | 1:22,170 | 2,755 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shemweta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shemweta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shemweta is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemweta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 178,423rd most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,044,088 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shemweta reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,388 people, or 1 in 22,170. In Tanzania Shemweta is mostly found in: Tanga Region, where 54 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shemwetta | 94 | 7 | / |
| Shemmweta | 94 | 1 | / |
| Semweta | 93 | 89 | / |
| Shamweta | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shembetau | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sembeta | 80 | 94 | / |
| Simweta | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chimweta | 75 | 1,116 | / |
| Shimbeta | 75 | 28 | / |
| Shamwata | 75 | 10 | / |
| Shamweto | 75 | 3 | / |
| Shembety | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sembetha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ssemwota | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shimwete | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sembetta | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shamwita | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shimwita | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chemwaita | 71 | 25 | / |
| Chimwetah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shembetti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chemwetey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Simwita | 67 | 2,094 | / |
| Samwata | 67 | 138 | / |
| Zembeta | 67 | 125 | / |
| Cembeta | 67 | 45 | / |
| Sembete | 67 | 42 | / |
| Simwete | 67 | 41 | / |
| Samwita | 67 | 30 | / |
| Sembita | 67 | 9 | / |
| Simwata | 67 | 3 | / |
| Samweto | 67 | 2 | / |
| Somwata | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samueta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Senveta | 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
- 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 Shemweta
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