Mbuna Surname
Approximately 3,476 people bear this surname
Mbuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,445 | 1:36,638 | 4,251 |
| Malawi | 1,438 | 1:11,905 | 1,842 |
| Cameroon | 260 | 1:79,881 | 9,800 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Mbuña (35) are calculated separately.
Mbuna (55) may also be a first name.
Mbuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbuna occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Mbuña. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbuna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 130,178th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,096,532 people. The surname Mbuna is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbuna live; 42 percent live in Southern Africa and 42 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 55 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,445 people, or 1 in 36,638. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Njombe Region, where 39 percent live, Iringa Region, where 25 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 41 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
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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 Mbuna
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