Mbega Surname
Approximately 10,337 people bear this surname
Mbega Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Tanzania | 6,864 | 1:7,713 | 1,009 |
Kenya | 1,607 | 1:28,737 | 3,181 |
Cameroon | 1,240 | 1:16,749 | 2,297 |
Gabon | 505 | 1:3,741 | 657 |
Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Mbéga (1) are calculated separately.
Mbega (1,325) may also be a first name.
Mbega Demographics
Mbega Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbega is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Mbéga. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 49,733rd most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 704,996 people. The last name Mbega is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbega are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 215,847th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 1,325 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 6,864 people, or 1 in 7,713. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Tanga Region, where 27 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 16 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
Mbega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (69%) in Kenya.
The amount Mbega earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.33% less than the national average, earning R 56,256 per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.
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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 Mbega
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