Mbulwe Surname

255,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mbulwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mbulwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia8691:18,2392,038
DR Congo6701:110,26812,156
England11:55,718,059489,080
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mbulwe (54) may also be a first name.

Mbulwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mbulwe is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbulwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 255,797th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,726,035 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbulwe live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most widely held first name internationally, held by 54 people.

The surname Mbulwe is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 869 people, or 1 in 18,239. In Zambia Mbulwe is mostly found in: Luapula Province, where 48 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 25 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Zambia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 43 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbulwa832,160/
Mbulue8321/
Mbolwe831/
Mbuluhe771/
Mbeulvei711/
Mboulwai711/
Mbulwaya711/
Mbolwa67146/
Mbului676/
Mbolue671/
Mbolueh6213/
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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 Mbulwe
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