Mbahwe Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Mbahwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 161 | 1:98,447 | 7,911 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mbahwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbahwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbahwe is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbahwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,305,105th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbahwe are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Mbahwe is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 98,447. In Zambia Mbahwe is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 45 percent live, Central Province, where 36 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live. Besides Zambia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mbahwe
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