Mbambala Surname

400,385th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 878 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mbambala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbambala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3661:43,3064,219
South Africa2851:190,09720,645
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Mbambala Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mbambala Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mbambala is found most in Zambia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbambala? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mbambala is the 400,385th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 8,300,166 people. Mbambala is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbambala reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 43,306. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Muchinga Province, where 42 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent are found and Central Province, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 32 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.

Mbambala Last Name Statistics demography

Mbambala earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.9% less than the national average, earning R 154,692 per year.

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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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  • 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 Mbambala
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