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
The last name Mbalya is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,620,164th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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. Mbalya is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name globally, held by 31 people.
Mbalya is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 905,488. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Machakos County, where 92 percent reside and Makueni County, where 8 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 40 percent reside and Tanzania, where 18 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
- 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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