Mballe Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Mballe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 241 | 1:86,179 | 10,438 |
| Mauritania | 31 | 1:132,092 | 7,581 |
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Mballè (1) are calculated separately.
Mballe (46) may also be a first name.
Mballe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mballe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mballe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻟﻪ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Mballè. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mballe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 893,754th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mballe live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 71 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mballe is also the 1,484,914th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 46 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 241 people, or 1 in 86,179. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 37 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 29 percent are found and Centre Region, where 11 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 10 percent are found and Benin, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mballe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mballe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻟﻪ | ambalh | 50 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻝ | ambal | 50 |
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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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- 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 Mballe
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