Mbaiwa Surname
Approximately 1,525 people bear this surname
Mbaiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 778 | 1:2,811 | 351 |
| Zimbabwe | 591 | 1:26,122 | 4,006 |
| Zambia | 89 | 1:178,089 | 12,157 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mbaiwa (243) may also be a first name.
Mbaiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbaiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbaiwa is held by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mbaiwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbaiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 258,090th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,778,719 people. The last name Mbaiwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbaiwa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mbaiwa is also the 573,164th most widespread given name on earth, held by 243 people.
It is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is carried by 778 people, or 1 in 2,811. Outside of Botswana it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent live and Zambia, where 6 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 Mbaiwa
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