Mbuga Surname
Approximately 6,342 people bear this surname
Mbuga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,864 | 1:13,701 | 1,771 |
| Uganda | 2,077 | 1:18,796 | 2,819 |
| Kenya | 316 | 1:146,139 | 11,699 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Mbuga (632) may also be a first name.
Mbuga Demographics
Mbuga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbuga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbuga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbuga is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbuga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 77,172nd most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,149,093 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbuga reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mbuga is also the 331,170th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 632 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,864 people, or 1 in 13,701. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Simiyu Region, where 32 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 16 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 33 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
Mbuga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Mbuga last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mbuga
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