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
The surname Mbenji is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbenji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,206,588th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbenji are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Aside from Malawi it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 27 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 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
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