Mbeshi Surname
Approximately 989 people bear this surname
Mbeshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 932 | 1:56,804 | 6,177 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mbeshi (36) may also be a first name.
Mbeshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbeshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbeshi is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mbeshi.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbeshi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 364,871st most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,368,601 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbeshi live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mbeshi is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used first name globally, held by 36 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 932 people, or 1 in 56,804. In Tanzania Mbeshi is most common in: Geita Region, where 65 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 19 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 0 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
- 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 Mbeshi
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