Mbela Surname
Approximately 16,173 people bear this surname
Mbela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 9,543 | 1:7,742 | 962 |
| Tanzania | 2,898 | 1:18,268 | 2,332 |
| Congo | 789 | 1:6,323 | 984 |
| Kenya | 736 | 1:62,744 | 6,105 |
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| Cameroon | 363 | 1:57,215 | 7,390 |
| Indonesia | 361 | 1:366,341 | 31,484 |
| Zambia | 231 | 1:68,614 | 6,028 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| South Africa | 171 | 1:316,829 | 30,013 |
| Zimbabwe | 142 | 1:108,720 | 15,015 |
| Lesotho | 33 | 1:61,593 | 8,794 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 25 | 1:45,427 | 166 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Mbela (835) may also be a first name.
Mbela Demographics
Mbela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbela occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Mbela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbela is the 32,845th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 450,600 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mbela are found; 68 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mbela is also the 282,586th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 835 people.
This surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 9,543 people, or 1 in 7,742. Besides The DR Congo Mbela exists in 31 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and The Congo, where 5 percent live.
Mbela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mbela surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Mbela earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 60.47% less than the national average, earning R 93,936 per year and in United States they earn 32.28% less than the national average, earning $29,219 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
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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 Mbela
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