Mbethi Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Mbethi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 128 | 1:360,780 | 21,015 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mbethi (24) may also be a first name.
Mbethi Demographics
Mbethi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbethi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbethi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbethi is most common in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mbethi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbethi? popularity and diffusion
Mbethi is the 1,558,593rd most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbethi reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 24 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 360,780. In Kenya Mbethi is most frequent in: Makueni County, where 53 percent live, Machakos County, where 37 percent live and Kitui County, where 7 percent live. Besides Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Mbethi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mbethi
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