Mbinya Surname

84,933rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,684 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mbinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5,6371:8,1921,075
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland21:190,0456,825
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mbinya (2,207) may also be a first name.

Mbinya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mbinya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mbinya occurs most in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mbinya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbinya? popularity and diffusion

Mbinya is the 84,933rd most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,282,116 people. The surname Mbinya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbinya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 159,242nd most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 2,207 people.

Mbinya is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 5,637 people, or 1 in 8,192. In Kenya Mbinya is most common in: Makueni County, where 37 percent live, Machakos County, where 32 percent live and Nairobi County, where 14 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Mbinya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mmbeinya861/
Mbenya831,482/
Mwinya83424/
Muinya83179/
Mbinia8355/
Mbinja8345/
Mvinya839/
Mbinyo834/
Mbigna831/
Muhinya7740/
Mbitgna7710/
Mbainja772/
Mhuinya771/
Mbeingna711/
Mbenyaha711/
Mwinyayi711/
Mveinhya711/
Mwenya6763,522/
Nwinya671,177/
Mwinja671,155/
Muenya67729/
Mvenya67413/
Mbenja67293/
Mvinja6776/
Mbinjo6718/
Mbegna6712/
Mbenyo6712/
Muinha6712/
Mbenea6711/
Muinja678/
Mbenia677/
Mwinyo673/
Mbigno671/

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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 Mbinya
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