Mbalami Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Mbalami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 168 | 1:315,129 | 23,975 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mbalami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbalami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbalami has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mbalami.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalami? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,181,191st most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbalami live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 315,129. In Tanzania Mbalami is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 49 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 47 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbalamoi | 93 | 48 | / |
| Mbalahami | 88 | 20 | / |
| Mbalame | 86 | 2,830 | / |
| Mwalami | 86 | 1,082 | / |
| Mbalama | 86 | 744 | / |
| Mualami | 86 | 23 | / |
| Mbalamy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mbalomi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mbolami | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mbaulame | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mbailame | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Balama | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbalamma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mboulamie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muhalamie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mualame | 71 | 130 | / |
| Mwalama | 71 | 44 | / |
| Mbolama | 71 | 22 | / |
| Mbaleme | 71 | 18 | / |
| Mualama | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mvalama | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mwalame | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mbaloma | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mbalamaaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbelemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbolomi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mboulama | 67 | 46 | / |
| Mballoma | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mbalouma | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nuallami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwalamet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaleeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Baleme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbalamma | 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 Mbalami
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