Mbarani Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mbarani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbarani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1651:279,87818,255
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mbarani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mbarani occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mbarani click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbarani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,315,412th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbarani reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mbarani is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 279,878. In Kenya Mbarani is mostly found in: Nairobi County, where 86 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 5 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 5 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Mbarani Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Mbarani
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