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
The last name Mambya occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mambya? popularity and diffusion
Mambya is the 420,458th most prevalent family name in the world, 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. Mambya is also the 818,356th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 129 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 798 people, or 1 in 66,343. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 53 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 27 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Mambya occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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