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
The last name M'Bena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺒﻨﻪ) is found most in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of M'Bena.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Bena? popularity and diffusion
M'Bena is the 825,152nd most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 21,689,125 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of M'Bena reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 3 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
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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