Mbiti Surname
Approximately 14,686 people bear this surname
Mbiti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8,563 | 1:5,393 | 750 |
| DR Congo | 5,076 | 1:14,555 | 1,803 |
| Tanzania | 628 | 1:84,302 | 8,595 |
| Cameroon | 185 | 1:112,265 | 13,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 137 | 1:112,688 | 15,411 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Mbiti (2,689) may also be a first name.
Mbiti Demographics
Mbiti Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbiti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbiti Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbiti occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Mbiti click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbiti? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mbiti is the 35,936th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 496,224 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbiti reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 141,291st most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 2,689 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 8,563 people, or 1 in 5,393. In Kenya Mbiti is most prevalent in: Kitui County, where 43 percent are found, Meru County, where 15 percent are found and Machakos County, where 8 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Tanzania, where 4 percent are found.
Mbiti Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (97%) in Kenya.
The amount Mbiti earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.34% less than the national average, earning R 51,480 per year and in United States they earn 31.18% more than the national average, earning $56,604 USD 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 Mbiti
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