Bambila Surname

180,834th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bambila Surname User-submission:

Mbabila (also Mbabil and Bambila, misspelling of Mbabila) is a male surname named by mostly the Kusasi and Frafra tribes in Ghana. Mbabila is derived from mba (father) and bil (young), which means 'young father'.

Bambila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2,2991:32,1363,999
Zambia261:609,61224,798
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Bambila (222) may also be a first name.

Bambila Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Mbabila (also Mbabil and Bambila, misspelling of Mbabila) is a male surname named by mostly the Kusasi and Frafra tribes in Ghana. Mbabila is derived from mba (father) and bil (young), which means 'young father'.

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Bambila Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bambila (Oriya: ବିଳା, Russian: Бамбила) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bambila? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 180,834th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,094,499 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bambila live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bambila is also the 605,116th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 222 people.

It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,299 people, or 1 in 32,136. Barring The DR Congo Bambila exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bambila Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bambila in the Oriya language
ବିଳାbila-
Bambila in the Russian language
Бамбилаbambila-

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