Mbala Surname
Approximately 85,977 people bear this surname
Mbala Surname Definition:
Mbala is a surname of the Bemba / Luba-Lunda tribe, meaning: the royal kitchen.
Mbala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 52,620 | 1:1,404 | 126 |
| Cameroon | 12,245 | 1:1,696 | 159 |
| Angola | 10,648 | 1:2,535 | 421 |
| Tanzania | 3,460 | 1:15,301 | 1,980 |
| Kenya | 1,110 | 1:41,604 | 4,354 |
| Congo | 978 | 1:5,101 | 817 |
| Zambia | 840 | 1:18,869 | 2,110 |
| South Africa | 782 | 1:69,281 | 8,641 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Namibia | 600 | 1:4,016 | 735 |
| France | 532 | 1:124,855 | 18,975 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| Uganda | 248 | 1:157,416 | 13,734 |
| Belgium | 168 | 1:68,432 | 10,932 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Nigeria | 128 | 1:1,383,928 | 53,929 |
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| England | 92 | 1:605,631 | 36,119 |
| Zimbabwe | 71 | 1:217,440 | 24,563 |
| United States | 45 | 1:8,054,643 | 356,745 |
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Mbala (3,454) may also be a first name.
Mbala Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mbala is a surname of the Bemba / Luba-Lunda tribe, meaning: the royal kitchen.
Mbala is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: bushbuck.
Mbala is a surname of the Ila tribe, meaning: termite.
Mbala Demographics
Mbala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbala (Arabic: مبالا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻻ, Hindi: म्बला, Oriya: ଳା, Russian: Мбала) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,570th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 84,762 people. Mbala is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbala are found; 77 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mbala is also the 120,991st most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 3,454 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 52,620 people, or 1 in 1,404. Excluding The DR Congo it occurs in 57 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and Angola, where 12 percent reside.
Mbala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Mbala earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.27% less than the national average, earning R 134,808 per year; in United States they earn 19.39% more than the national average, earning $51,517 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.61% less than the national average, earning $34,473 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mbala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mbala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻻ | ambala | - |
| Mbala in the Hindi language | ||
| म्बला | mbala | 66.67 |
| म्बाला | mbala | 33.33 |
| Mbala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଳା | la | 50 |
| ଲା | la | 50 |
| Mbala in the Russian language | ||
| Мбала | mbala | - |
| Mbala in the Arabic language | ||
| مبالا | mbala | - |
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Footnotes
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