Mbiya Surname
Approximately 29,890 people bear this surname
Mbiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 28,896 | 1:2,557 | 265 |
| Cameroon | 160 | 1:129,807 | 14,666 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Kenya | 110 | 1:419,817 | 22,966 |
| Congo | 109 | 1:45,772 | 4,292 |
| France | 90 | 1:738,030 | 91,686 |
| South Africa | 76 | 1:712,865 | 50,752 |
| Zimbabwe | 69 | 1:223,743 | 25,019 |
| Zambia | 44 | 1:360,226 | 18,771 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Mbiya (1,550) may also be a first name.
Mbiya Demographics
Mbiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbiya (Hindi: म्बिया, Russian: Мбия) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 18,447th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 243,812 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbiya live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 196,852nd most widely held forename on earth, held by 1,550 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 28,896 people, or 1 in 2,557. Outside of The DR Congo it occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Malawi, where 1 percent are found.
Mbiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mbiya surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Mbiya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.53% less than the national average, earning R 143,688 per year; in United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.93% less than the national average, earning $29,347 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mbiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mbiya in the Hindi language | ||
| म्बिया | mbiya | - |
| Mbiya in the Russian language | ||
| Мбия | mbia | - |
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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 Mbiya
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