Mbenda Surname
Approximately 1,769 people bear this surname
Mbenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 985 | 1:21,085 | 2,869 |
| DR Congo | 479 | 1:154,237 | 16,059 |
| Botswana | 149 | 1:14,677 | 2,860 |
| Tanzania | 77 | 1:687,553 | 39,898 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Mbenda (2,027) may also be a first name.
Mbenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbenda occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbenda? popularity and diffusion
It is the 229,112th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,119,585 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mbenda reside; 83 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 167,709th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 2,027 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 985 people, or 1 in 21,085. In Cameroon Mbenda is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent are found, Centre Region, where 28 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 19 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Botswana, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Mbenda
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