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 last name Mbenji occurs most in Malawi. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbenji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,206,588th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbenji live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Other than Malawi this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 27 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 17 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
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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 Mbenji
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