Mbele Surname
Approximately 85,547 people bear this surname
Mbele Surname User-submission:
Mbele is a Swahili surname meaning 'forward', 'front'.
Mbele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 41,536 | 1:1,304 | 143 |
| Tanzania | 15,690 | 1:3,374 | 467 |
| DR Congo | 12,170 | 1:6,071 | 720 |
| Cameroon | 8,639 | 1:2,404 | 264 |
| Gabon | 2,071 | 1:912 | 161 |
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Kenya | 818 | 1:56,455 | 5,603 |
| Congo | 778 | 1:6,413 | 1,015 |
| Nigeria | 677 | 1:261,658 | 15,005 |
| Zimbabwe | 524 | 1:29,462 | 4,530 |
| Indonesia | 350 | 1:377,855 | 32,318 |
| Lesotho | 205 | 1:9,915 | 2,253 |
| Zambia | 157 | 1:100,955 | 8,060 |
| France | 133 | 1:499,419 | 69,818 |
| England | 87 | 1:640,437 | 37,483 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
The alternate forms: Mbélé (1) are calculated separately.
Mbele (1,087) may also be a first name.
Mbele Surname Meaning
Mbele Demographics
Average Mbele Salary in
United States
$26,331 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mbele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbele (Hindi: म्बेले, Russian: Мбеле) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Mbélé. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbele is the 6,602nd most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 85,188 people. Mbele occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbele live; 51 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mbele is also the 242,116th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 1,087 people.
The last name Mbele is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 41,536 people, or 1 in 1,304. In South Africa Mbele is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 42 percent live, Gauteng, where 29 percent live and Free State, where 12 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 52 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Mbele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Mbele earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 41.28% less than the national average, earning R 139,548 per year and in United States they earn 38.98% less than the national average, earning $26,331 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mbele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mbele in the Hindi language | ||
| म्बेले | mbele | - |
| Mbele in the Russian language | ||
| Мбеле | mbele | - |
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