Mbouja Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Mbouja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Mbouja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbouja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbouja is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbouja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbouja reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 92 percent are found and West Region, where 8 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Mbouja
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