Mbalaye Surname
Approximately 389 people bear this surname
Mbalaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
Mbalaye (29) may also be a first name.
Mbalaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbalaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbalaye is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mbalaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 741,235th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 18,734,051 people. The surname Mbalaye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbalaye are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mbalaye is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 29 people.
The last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 376 people, or 1 in 196,488. Outside of The DR Congo this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
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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 Mbalaye
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