Mbanja Surname
Approximately 395 people bear this surname
Mbanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 232 | 1:68,319 | 6,010 |
| Tanzania | 118 | 1:448,658 | 31,304 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Mbanja (48) may also be a first name.
Mbanja Demographics
Average Mbanja Salary in
South Africa
R 72,156
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mbanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbanja is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbanja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 733,258th most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,449,483 people. The last name Mbanja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mbanja are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mbanja is also the 1,448,253rd most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 48 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 68,319. In Zambia Mbanja is most numerous in: Western Province, where 62 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 19 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 16 percent reside. Besides Zambia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 30 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Mbanja Last Name Statistics demography
Mbanja earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.64% less than the national average, earning R 72,156 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
- 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 Mbanja
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