Mbalou Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Mbalou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 96 | 1:51,970 | 4,780 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mbalou (717) may also be a first name.
Mbalou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbalou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbalou occurs most in The Congo. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalou? popularity and diffusion
Mbalou is the 1,849,867th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mbalou live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 308,274th most commonly occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 717 people.
It is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 51,970. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 86 percent live, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 8 percent live and Pointe-Noire Department, where 4 percent live. Excluding The Congo Mbalou occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and France, where 1 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 Mbalou
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