Mambula Surname

320,056th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Mambula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mambula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4721:156,52516,251
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
South Africa1271:426,59636,772
Nigeria931:1,904,76167,919
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
England21:27,859,030389,889
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mambula (100) may also be a first name.

Mambula Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mambula (Marathi: मंबुला, Oriya: ମଂବୁଳା, Russian: Мамбула) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mambula? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mambula is the 320,056th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 6,239,337 people. The last name Mambula is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Mambula are found; 40 percent are found in Central Africa and 40 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mambula is also the 946,056th most prevalent forename internationally. It is borne by 100 people.

The last name Mambula is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 472 people, or 1 in 156,525. Besides The DR Congo Mambula exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 38 percent live and South Africa, where 11 percent live.

Mambula Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Mambula earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.13% less than the national average, earning R 73,368 per year and in United States they earn 2.88% more than the national average, earning $44,393 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mambula Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mambula in the Oriya language
ମଂବୁଳାmambula-
Mambula in the Marathi language
मंबुलाmambula-
Mambula in the Russian language
Мамбулаmambula-

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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 Mambula
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