Mabanka Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mabanka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mabanka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mabanka (6) may also be a first name.

Mabanka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mabanka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mabanka occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mabanka.

How Common Is The Last Name Mabanka? popularity and diffusion

Mabanka is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Mabanka is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mabanka reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mabanka is also the 4,967,096th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 6 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is mostly found in: North West, where 67 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 33 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 20 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
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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 Mabanka
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