Mbalaya Surname
Approximately 393 people bear this surname
Mbalaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 390 | 1:189,435 | 19,115 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Mbalaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbalaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbalaya is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mbalaya is the 735,823rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 18,543,374 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbalaya reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Mbalaya is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 390 people, or 1 in 189,435. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Mbalaya
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