Mbesha Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Mbesha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 173 | 1:91,618 | 7,510 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mbesha (48) may also be a first name.
Mbesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbesha is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbesha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,121,821st most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbesha are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 48 people.
It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 91,618. In Zambia Mbesha is mostly found in: Northern Province, where 43 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 23 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Tanzania, where 6 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
- 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 Mbesha
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