M'Bena Surname
Approximately 336 people bear this surname
M'Bena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
M'Bena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M'Bena Come From? nationality or country of origin
M'Bena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺒﻨﻪ) occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Bena? popularity and diffusion
The last name M'Bena is the 825,152nd most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,689,125 people. The surname M'Bena is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of M'Bena reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 3 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
M'Bena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| M'Bena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺒﻨﻪ | ambnh | - |
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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'Bena
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