Mbefo Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Mbefo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbefo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mbefo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbefo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbefo? popularity and diffusion

Mbefo is the 5,213,395th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Mbefo reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Mbefo is primarily found in: Abia, where 67 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbaefo9141/
Mbiefo911/
Mbeufo911/
Mbeuffo833/
Mbifo8022/
Mbafo8020/
Muefo8013/
Mbefa803/
Mbofo801/
Mwefo801/
Mbeufa732/
M'Bafo732/
Mbeffa731/
Mbaffo731/
Mbofou731/
Mbofoh731/
Mbaafo731/
Mbeufeu6710/
Mouefou671/
Mbapfou671/
Mbaifou671/
Mbiefeu671/
Mbeuffa671/
M'Boifo671/

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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 Mbefo
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