Mbuve Surname

719,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mbuve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbuve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3621:127,56910,522
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mbuve (250) may also be a first name.

Mbuve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbuve is found most in Kenya. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mbuve.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbuve? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 719,876th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. The last name Mbuve is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbuve reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 563,826th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 250 people.

It is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 362 people, or 1 in 127,569. In Kenya Mbuve is primarily found in: Kitui County, where 43 percent reside, Machakos County, where 33 percent reside and Makueni County, where 23 percent reside. Outside of Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Mbuve Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbuveh911/
Mbouve911/
Mbauver8376/
Mbouvie831/
Mbouvet831/
Mbuvi8015,985/
Mbuva802,118/
Mbube80901/
Mbuwe80206/
Mvuve801/
Mbouwe73770/
Mbuvha73259/
Mboube7360/
Mbubea7321/
Mbuwei733/
Mbubie732/
Mbuwey731/
Mbeube731/
Mbouue731/
Mbouvi731/
Mbowue731/
Mbumpe731/
Mbusbe731/
Mboove731/
Mbauwe731/
Mboubea6711/
Mbeubet674/
Mboubie673/
Mbouvai673/
Mbouweu672/
Mbauwue671/
Mbieveh671/
Mboubey671/
Mbouwea671/
Mbouwes671/
M'Boube671/
Mbussue671/

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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
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  • 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 Mbuve
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