Mbur Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Mbur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mbur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbur Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbur is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbur? popularity and diffusion
Mbur is the 1,691,963rd most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbur reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 549,761. In Kenya Mbur is primarily concentrated in: Nyandarua County, where 95 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbure | 89 | 512 | / |
| Mbour | 89 | 53 | / |
| Mbaur | 89 | 28 | / |
| Mbuur | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mbhur | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mbeure | 80 | 1,015 | / |
| Mboure | 80 | 58 | / |
| M'Bour | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mbauur | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbaure | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbor | 75 | 180 | / |
| Mwur | 75 | 2 | / |
| M'Boure | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwaur | 67 | 46 | / |
| Mvour | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mborh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mvure | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nbour | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mboor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Minpur | 60 | 77 | / |
| Mvaure | 60 | 8 | / |
| Mwaure | 60 | 3 | / |
| Mouhour | 55 | 1,877 | / |
| Menpour | 55 | 86 | / |
| Mborowa | 55 | 30 | / |
| Nempour | 55 | 2 | / |
| Mempour | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mimpour | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nbor | 50 | 28 | / |
| Mwor | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mbur
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