Mbalya Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Mbalya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 51 | 1:905,488 | 33,171 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Tanzania | 22 | 1:2,406,437 | 48,353 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Mbalya (31) may also be a first name.
Mbalya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbalya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbalya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbalya is the 1,620,164th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbalya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 31 people.
The surname Mbalya is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 905,488. In Kenya Mbalya is primarily found in: Machakos County, where 92 percent live and Makueni County, where 8 percent live. Not including Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 40 percent live and Tanzania, where 18 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 Mbalya
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