Mboo Surname
Approximately 2,242 people bear this surname
Mboo Surname Definition:
Mboo is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: a signal of sadness.
Mboo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,101 | 1:67,102 | 7,913 |
| Zambia | 576 | 1:27,517 | 2,882 |
| Kenya | 284 | 1:162,605 | 12,666 |
| Cameroon | 194 | 1:107,057 | 12,544 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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.
Mboo Demographics
Mboo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbooa | 89 | 3 | / |
| Mboot | 89 | 2 | / |
| Mbood | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mbo | 86 | 28,658 | / |
| Mbooyi | 80 | 11 | / |
| Mbooha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mmhboo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mmbooh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbou | 75 | 13,344 | / |
| Mboa | 75 | 9,776 | / |
| Mboh | 75 | 5,839 | / |
| Mboe | 75 | 4,651 | / |
| M'Bo | 75 | 1,975 | / |
| Mboi | 75 | 1,761 | / |
| Mboy | 75 | 893 | / |
| Mbot | 75 | 675 | / |
| Mmbo | 75 | 621 | / |
| Mbuo | 75 | 160 | / |
| Mboj | 75 | 105 | / |
| Mbop | 75 | 79 | / |
| Mbos | 75 | 27 | / |
| Mwoo | 75 | 16 | / |
| Nboo | 75 | 14 | / |
| Mvoo | 75 | 11 | / |
| Mbho | 75 | 10 | / |
| Mboz | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mbod | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mbgo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nmbo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mhbo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mboup | 67 | 36,623 | / |
| Mouho | 67 | 676 | / |
| Mbouh | 67 | 587 | / |
| M'Boh | 67 | 339 | / |
| M'Bou | 67 | 320 | / |
| Mbous | 67 | 197 | / |
| M'Boa | 67 | 197 | / |
| Mmboi | 67 | 97 | / |
| Mboud | 67 | 89 | / |
| M'Boi | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mbout | 67 | 25 | / |
| Nbooh | 67 | 24 | / |
| Mbosh | 67 | 21 | / |
| Mbots | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mbouy | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mboss | 67 | 9 | / |
| M'Boy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mbuot | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mbhou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mboiz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mvooh | 67 | 3 | / |
| M'Boj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbopp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbgou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbott | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbuoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mboey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhbod | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Bot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbohh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mboyd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbuop | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Bho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbouz | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Mbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbooe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbgoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mboyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbo'a | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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