M'By Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

M'By Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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M'By Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast241:961,30123,927
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172

M'By (28) may also be a first name.

M'By Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name M'By Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name M'By (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺐ) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name M'By? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. M'By occurs predominantly in Africa, where 18 percent of M'By live; 18 percent live in West Africa and 14 percent live in Senegambia Africa. M'By is also the 1,994,417th most common forename globally. It is borne by 28 people.

It is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 961,301. In The Ivory Coast M'By is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 96 percent live and Montagnes District, where 4 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast it is found in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
M'Bay89100/
M'Bey8997/
M'Boy897/
M'Bys892/
M'Buy891/
Mby8676/
M'Baya801,140/
M'Bouy801/
Mbuy754,947/
Mbay754,837/
Mbey753,760/
M'Ba751,463/
Mboy75893/
M'Be75514/
M'Bi75109/
Mbyi7584/
Mbyo7544/
Måby758/
Mbiy756/
Mbys755/
Mbyp755/
M'bé751/
M'Bè751/
Mbyd751/
Hmby750/
M'Mbaya736/
M'Boytt731/
Mbaya6742,200/
M'Boa67197/
Mbuiy6769/
M'Bea6768/
M'Bai6768/
Mbiey6728/
M'Boi6726/
M'Bed6712/
Mbouy679/
M'Beh675/
Hmbay674/
Mbaay673/
M'Bie672/
M'Ber672/
M'Boj672/
M'Bih672/
Mbayd672/
Mmbay672/
M'Bio672/
Mboey671/
M'Mbe671/
Mbayh671/
Mbyoh671/
Mboyd671/
M'Vhy671/
Mbeys671/
Mboyp671/
Mbuhy671/
M'Vey671/
Mbhey671/
Mbhys671/
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M'By Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
M'By in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﺐamb66.67
ﺍﻣﺒﻲamby33.33

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to M'By
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