Mbube Surname

392,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 901 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mbube Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbube Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8241:65,7508,258
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mbube (145) may also be a first name.

Mbube Last Name Facts

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

Mbube is found most in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbube? popularity and diffusion

It is the 392,486th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 8,088,286 people. The last name Mbube is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbube reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mbube is also the 766,399th most widespread first name internationally, held by 145 people.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 824 people, or 1 in 65,750. In South Africa Mbube is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent live and Western Cape, where 6 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Mbube Last Name Statistics demography

Mbube earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.73% more than the national average, earning R 248,868 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mboube9160/
Mbuebe9121/
Mbubea9121/
Mbubie912/
Mbusbe911/
Mbeube911/
Mboubea8311/
Mbeubet834/
Mboubie833/
Mboubey831/
M'Boube831/
Mbuba8016,695/
Mbubi801,069/
Mbobe801,018/
Mbuve80405/
Mbuwe80206/
Mwube804/
Mvube802/
Nbube801/
Mbouwe73770/
Mbouba73390/
Mbibeh73216/
Mbuubi73161/
Muhobe7393/
Mboubi7388/
Mwuber7377/
Mbuboa7334/
Mbubio7333/
Mbeuba7324/
Mbuiba7321/
Mbubha7319/
Mbobie7319/
M'Buba7317/
Mbubit7311/
Nboube737/
Mbubih733/
Mbuyba733/
Mbuwei733/
Mbuibi733/
Mbubii733/
Mbiebe731/
Mbuwey731/
Mbuebi731/
Mwaube731/
Mbauwe731/
Mbumpe731/
Mbubui731/
Mbowue731/
Mbobea731/
Mbuveh731/
Mbouve731/
Mbouue731/
Mboubé731/
M'Bobie67145/
Mbauver6776/
Mboubai6762/
Mbuibui6727/
Mbiebeh6711/
Mbiebea672/
Mbouweu672/
Muhoobe671/
Mbussue671/
Mbouwes671/
Mbouwea671/
Mbouvie671/
Mbouvet671/
Mboubio671/
Mboubay671/
Mhbobeh671/
Mbauwue671/
Mbubaya671/

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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 Mbube
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