Mbede Surname
Approximately 3,329 people bear this surname
Mbede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,714 | 1:7,653 | 968 |
| Tanzania | 242 | 1:218,767 | 18,242 |
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| South Africa | 103 | 1:525,997 | 42,056 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Mbedé (1) & Mbédé (1) are calculated separately.
Mbede (162) may also be a first name.
Mbede Demographics
Average Mbede Salary in
South Africa
R 300,708
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mbede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbede (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﺪ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Mbedé or Mbédé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbede? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 135,112th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,189,110 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mbede are found; 73 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 720,105th most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 162 people.
The last name Mbede is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,714 people, or 1 in 7,653. In Cameroon Mbede is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 75 percent reside, Far North Region, where 11 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 5 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Mbede Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mbede earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.54% more than the national average, earning R 300,708 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mbede Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mbede in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﺪ | ambd | - |
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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 Mbede
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