Mbuve Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Mbuve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 362 | 1:127,569 | 10,522 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mbuve (250) may also be a first name.
Mbuve Demographics
Mbuve Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbuve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbuve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbuve occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbuve? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbuve is the 719,876th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. Mbuve occurs mostly 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 frequent first name in the world, borne by 250 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 362 people, or 1 in 127,569. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 43 percent live, Machakos County, where 33 percent live and Makueni County, where 23 percent live. Not including Kenya Mbuve occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Mbuve Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Mbuve last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbuveh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mbouve | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mbauver | 83 | 76 | / |
| Mbouvie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mbouvet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mbuvi | 80 | 15,985 | / |
| Mbuva | 80 | 2,118 | / |
| Mbube | 80 | 901 | / |
| Mbuwe | 80 | 206 | / |
| Mvuve | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbouwe | 73 | 770 | / |
| Mbuvha | 73 | 259 | / |
| Mboube | 73 | 60 | / |
| Mbubea | 73 | 21 | / |
| Mbuwei | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mbubie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mbuwey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbeube | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbouue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbouvi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbowue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbumpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbusbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mboove | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbauwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mboubea | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mbeubet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mboubie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbouvai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbouweu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbauwue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbieveh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mboubey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbouwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbouwes | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Boube | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbussue | 67 | 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 Mbuve
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