Mbek Surname
Approximately 582 people bear this surname
Mbek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 368 | 1:481,366 | 24,196 |
| Cameroon | 200 | 1:103,845 | 12,227 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Mbek (90) may also be a first name.
Mbek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbek is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 549,140th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. Mbek is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mbek are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 90 people.
The surname Mbek is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 368 people, or 1 in 481,366. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 49 percent reside, Cross River, where 40 percent reside and Rivers, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 34 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbeke | 89 | 5,433 | / |
| Mbeck | 89 | 768 | / |
| Mbeuk | 89 | 71 | / |
| M'Bek | 89 | 5 | / |
| Mbeek | 89 | 3 | / |
| Mbiek | 89 | 1 | / |
| M'Beck | 80 | 25 | / |
| Mbeuck | 80 | 14 | / |
| Mmbeke | 80 | 10 | / |
| Mbecke | 80 | 9 | / |
| M'Beke | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mbeeke | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nmbeck | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbeaks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbekht | 80 | 1 | / |
| Måbeck | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbheke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbeg | 75 | 44 | / |
| Nbek | 75 | 37 | / |
| Mbik | 75 | 27 | / |
| Mbjk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbec | 75 | 1 | / |
| M'Bekke | 73 | 4 | / |
| M'Beike | 73 | 2 | / |
| M'Beïke | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Beyck | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Becke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbuik | 67 | 722 | / |
| Mbike | 67 | 566 | / |
| Mbick | 67 | 55 | / |
| Nbeke | 67 | 27 | / |
| Mveck | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mbaik | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mboik | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mbequ | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mbiok | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbeqe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbeug | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbexh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbehg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbeig | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Bek | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Bec | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvegk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbeeq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbiqe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mbek
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