Mbenja Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Mbenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 215 | 1:246,240 | 19,907 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mbenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbenja is found most in Tanzania. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbenja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbenja is the 908,336th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbenja reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mbenja is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 215 people, or 1 in 246,240. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Njombe Region, where 63 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 36 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Mbenja
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