Mbenam Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Mbenam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
Mbenam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbenam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbenam is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mbenam.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbenam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mbenam is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbenam live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 25 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The surname Mbenam is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 50 percent live and North Region, where 50 percent live. Other than Cameroon Mbenam is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 25 percent live and Central African Republic, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbengam | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mbanam | 83 | 19 | / |
| Mbenang | 77 | 16 | / |
| Mbengan | 77 | 16 | / |
| Muenaim | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mbenoum | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mbeenan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbehnan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbengom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbegnan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbainam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbetnom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbeanang | 71 | 97 | / |
| M'Begnan | 71 | 51 | / |
| Mbenhane | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mbaingam | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbengoum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbeingan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muinam | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mbinom | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbainasem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwinam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbonom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaingnam | 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
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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 Mbenam
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