Mbalaba Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Mbalaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mbalaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbalaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbalaba has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mbalaba.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalaba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,436,415th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. Mbalaba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Mbalaba live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Other than The DR Congo it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 19 percent are found and Cameroon, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbalabai | 93 | 3 | / |
| Mualaba | 86 | 1,927 | / |
| Mwalaba | 86 | 1,433 | / |
| Mbalawa | 86 | 266 | / |
| Mbaleba | 86 | 85 | / |
| Mbalabo | 86 | 50 | / |
| Mbalabe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mbaloba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mbalava | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mbalhabahe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mbalaswa | 80 | 69 | / |
| Mbaleeba | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mbalabou | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mbailabe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mbalabee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbalaave | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbailaave | 75 | 21 | / |
| Mualabhai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbalabehe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbalawo | 71 | 117 | / |
| Mwalawa | 71 | 109 | / |
| Mwalabo | 71 | 70 | / |
| Mbolabi | 71 | 55 | / |
| Mbolawa | 71 | 35 | / |
| Mbalowa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mbeleba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mbolabo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mualabo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwalava | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbelabo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbalave | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mualava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwalyawa | 67 | 172 | / |
| Mboulabe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mbalampi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwaliawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmwalawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbailave | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaalave | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbalampe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbalyawo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbalyowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muhalabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwalabei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbheleba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbolampa | 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 Mbalaba
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