Mbaswa Surname

697,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mbaswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mbaswa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4101:180,19418,301
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mbaswa Last Name Facts

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

Mbaswa occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbaswa? popularity and diffusion

Mbaswa is the 697,244th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 17,228,241 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbaswa live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 410 people, or 1 in 180,194. Barring The DR Congo this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbatswa921/
Mbaswua921/
Mbeswa83152/
Mbasua8344/
Mbaswe833/
Mboswa831/
Mbachwa7750/
Mbeshwa7727/
Mboshwa778/
Mbatsua774/
Mbausua772/
Mbatswe771/
Mbashua771/
Mbatchwa711/
Mbozwa67156/
Mbasue674/
Mboswo672/
Mvaswe671/
Mbazua671/
Mboxwa671/
Nbeswa671/
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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 Mbaswa
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