Mbawah Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Mbawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 39 | 1:113,039 | 8,770 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mbawah (23) may also be a first name.
Mbawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbawah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbawah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mbawah is the 2,091,648th most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mbawah reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 23 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 113,039. In Liberia Mbawah is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 72 percent reside, Lofa County, where 26 percent reside and Grand Cape Mount County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Liberia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 12 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mbawah
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