M Bala Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
M Bala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 235 | 1:753,799 | 34,148 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
M Bala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M Bala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname M Bala is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name M Bala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,052,587th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of M Bala live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 753,799. In Nigeria M Bala is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 37 percent reside, Jigawa, where 24 percent reside and Sokoto, where 10 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, 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 M Bala
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