Mbouye Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Mbouye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
Mbouye (67) may also be a first name.
Mbouye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbouye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbouye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻳﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbouye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbouye is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Mbouye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbouye live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 47 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 67 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Mbouye is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 57 percent live, North Region, where 21 percent live and East Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mbouye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mbouye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻳﻪ | ambwyh | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻱ | ambwy | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻯ | ambwy | 33.33 |
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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 Mbouye
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