Mbalao Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Mbalao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 72 | 1:220,138 | 13,905 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mbalao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbalao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbalao has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mbalao.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalao? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,061,309th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Mbalao is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbalao are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 220,138. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 71 percent live, North-Western Province, where 26 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 1 percent live. Besides Zambia Mbalao is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbailao | 92 | 48 | / |
| Mbaïlao | 92 | 9 | / |
| Mbalaos | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mbailaou | 86 | 29 | / |
| Mbalaayo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mbaloa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mbolao | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mwalao | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mualao | 83 | 1 | / |
| Muhalao | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mbaloha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mboulao | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwalyao | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbaileou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nbailaou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mboulaou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwalao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mweulyao | 57 | 8 | / |
| Nuallaoo | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mwalayja | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nwalaoch | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mboulou'ou | 50 | 8 | / |
| Mboloa | 50 | 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 Mbalao
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