Mbame Surname
Approximately 585 people bear this surname
Mbame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Cameroon | 237 | 1:87,633 | 10,590 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mbame (23) may also be a first name.
Mbame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺒﺎﻡ) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbame? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbame is the 546,987th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,457,343 people. The surname Mbame is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mbame are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mbame is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 263,856. Barring The DR Congo it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 41 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mbame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mbame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺒﺎﻡ | ambam | - |
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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 Mbame
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