Mbowela Surname
Approximately 542 people bear this surname
Mbowela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 431 | 1:122,834 | 11,635 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mbowela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbowela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbowela is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbowela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 579,404th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,445,657 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbowela are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 122,834. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 65 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 20 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Mbowela is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 19 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mbowela
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