Mboo Surname

188,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mboo Surname Definition:

Mboo is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: a signal of sadness.

Mboo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,1011:67,1027,913
Zambia5761:27,5172,882
Kenya2841:162,60512,666
Cameroon1941:107,05712,544
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mboo (524) may also be a first name.

Mboo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Mboo is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: a signal of sadness.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Mboo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mboo is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mboo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mboo is the 188,561st most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,250,467 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mboo live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mboo is also the 368,711th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 524 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,101 people, or 1 in 67,102. Besides The DR Congo Mboo occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 26 percent live and Kenya, where 13 percent live.

Mboo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbooa893/
Mboot892/
Mbood891/
Mbo8628,658/
Mbooyi8011/
Mbooha802/
Mmhboo801/
Mmbooh801/
Mbou7513,344/
Mboa759,776/
Mboh755,839/
Mboe754,651/
M'Bo751,975/
Mboi751,761/
Mboy75893/
Mbot75675/
Mmbo75621/
Mbuo75160/
Mboj75105/
Mbop7579/
Mbos7527/
Mwoo7516/
Nboo7514/
Mvoo7511/
Mbho7510/
Mboz758/
Mbod753/
Mbgo752/
Nmbo751/
Mhbo751/
Mboup6736,623/
Mouho67676/
Mbouh67587/
M'Boh67339/
M'Bou67320/
Mbous67197/
M'Boa67197/
Mmboi6797/
Mboud6789/
M'Boi6726/
Mbout6725/
Nbooh6724/
Mbosh6721/
Mbots6711/
Mbouy679/
Mboss679/
M'Boy677/
Mbuot675/
Mbhou674/
Mboiz673/
Mvooh673/
M'Boj672/
Mbopp672/
Mbgou672/
Mbott672/
Mbuoe671/
Mboey671/
Mhbod671/
M'Bot671/
Mbohh671/
Mboyd671/
Mbuop671/
M'Bho671/
Mbouz671/
M'Mbo671/
Nbooe671/
Mbgoi671/
Mmboh671/
Mboyp671/
Mbo'a671/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mboo
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