M'Balla Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
M'Balla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 210 | 1:19,499 | 1,783 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
M'Balla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M'Balla Come From? nationality or country of origin
M'Balla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻝ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Balla? popularity and diffusion
The last name M'Balla is the 1,125,333rd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The last name M'Balla is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of M'Balla reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 210 people, or 1 in 19,499. In Mauritania M'Balla is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 65 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 10 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
M'Balla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| M'Balla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻝ | ambal | 53.03 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻟﻪ | ambalh | 30.3 |
| ﺃﻣﺒﺎﻟﻪ | ambalh | 6.06 |
| ﺃﻣﺒﺎﻝ | ambal | 3.03 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻼ | ambla | 3.03 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻟﺔ | ambalt | 1.52 |
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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 M'Balla
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