Mbalakanyi Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Mbalakanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 62 | 1:255,644 | 15,337 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mbalakanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbalakanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbalakanyi occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mbalakanyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalakanyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,372,517th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Mbalakanyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbalakanyi reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 255,644. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 73 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 26 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Zambia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbalakani | 95 | 12 | / |
| Mualakanyi | 90 | 4 | / |
| Mbalakana | 84 | 34 | / |
| Mbalakane | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mwalakani | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mualakani | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mbalakanje | 80 | 8 | / |
| Mbalakaine | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mvaladkhani | 76 | 1 | / |
| Mualakana | 74 | 1,012 | / |
| Mbelekani | 74 | 39 | / |
| Mwalakana | 74 | 34 | / |
| Mualakane | 74 | 34 | / |
| Mwalakane | 74 | 4 | / |
| Mbalekeni | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mbalokane | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mbelekane | 63 | 644 | / |
| Mbolokoni | 63 | 116 | / |
| Mbolokane | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbolekane | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbehlekane | 60 | 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 Mbalakanyi
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