Mambya Surname
Approximately 825 people bear this surname
Mambya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 798 | 1:66,343 | 7,006 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mambya (129) may also be a first name.
Mambya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mambya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mambya occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mambya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 420,458th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 8,833,389 people. The last name Mambya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mambya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 818,356th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 129 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 798 people, or 1 in 66,343. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mara Region, where 53 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 27 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mmambya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mambuiya | 86 | 157 | / |
| Matimbya | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mambea | 83 | 964 | / |
| Mambia | 83 | 378 | / |
| Mombya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Machimbya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mambiah | 77 | 88 | / |
| Mambija | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mmambia | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mambeah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mambgia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mambhia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mambejja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mombia | 67 | 241 | / |
| Mombea | 67 | 79 | / |
| Mamuia | 67 | 12 | / |
| Manbia | 67 | 12 | / |
| Membia | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mambio | 67 | 6 | / |
| Manbea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Manwya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mamvia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mambya
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