Mbenji Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Mbenji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mbenji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbenji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbenji is found most in Malawi. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbenji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbenji is the 1,206,588th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbenji live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mbenji is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Barring Malawi Mbenji exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 27 percent live and The DR Congo, where 17 percent live.
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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
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