Mbaju Surname
Approximately 1,364 people bear this surname
Mbaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,348 | 1:28,961 | 3,983 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mbaju (25) may also be a first name.
Mbaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbaju occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbaju? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbaju is the 282,611th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,342,776 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbaju reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 25 people.
The surname Mbaju is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 1,348 people, or 1 in 28,961. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kasese District, where 97 percent are found, Wakiso District, where 1 percent are found and Kampala District, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Mbaju is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mbaju
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