Mbanyi Surname
Approximately 670 people bear this surname
Mbanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 281 | 1:630,401 | 29,827 |
| Cameroon | 175 | 1:118,680 | 13,599 |
| Tanzania | 135 | 1:392,160 | 27,960 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mbanyi (94) may also be a first name.
Mbanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbanyi is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbanyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 493,410th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,876,934 people. The surname Mbanyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbanyi are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mbanyi is also the 980,251st most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 94 people.
Mbanyi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 630,401. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 60 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 19 percent are found and Taraba, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 26 percent are found and Tanzania, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Mbanyi
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