Mbanvu Surname
Approximately 336 people bear this surname
Mbanvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 212 | 1:74,764 | 6,427 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Mbanvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbanvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbanvu is found most in Zambia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbanvu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 825,152nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,689,125 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbanvu are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 74,764. In Zambia Mbanvu is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 67 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 32 percent reside. Other than Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 37 percent reside and Benin, where 0 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
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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
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