Mbesa Surname
Approximately 7,486 people bear this surname
Mbesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 5,021 | 1:14,714 | 1,823 |
| Kenya | 706 | 1:65,411 | 6,292 |
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| South Africa | 524 | 1:103,393 | 12,503 |
| Tanzania | 367 | 1:144,255 | 13,193 |
| Zimbabwe | 183 | 1:84,362 | 12,279 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mbesa (301) may also be a first name.
Mbesa Demographics
Mbesa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbesa is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 66,584th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 973,490 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbesa live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 507,810th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 301 people.
The surname Mbesa is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 5,021 people, or 1 in 14,714. Apart from The DR Congo this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 9 percent live and Malawi, where 8 percent live.
Mbesa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mbesa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.1% less than the national average, earning R 125,712 per year.
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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 Mbesa
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