Mbavai Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Mbavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 80 | 1:661,770 | 39,157 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Mbavai (22) may also be a first name.
Mbavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbavai is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbavai? popularity and diffusion
Mbavai is the 2,020,555th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. Mbavai occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbavai reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mbavai is also the 2,301,746th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 22 people.
Mbavai is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 661,770. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Arusha Region, where 98 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Mbavai exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Mbavai
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