Mbuvu Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mbuvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mbuvu 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
Kenya681:679,11629,805
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mbuvu Demographics

Mbuvu Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Mbuvu Last Name Facts

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

Mbuvu is found most frequently in Kenya. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbuvu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,736,881st most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Mbuvu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbuvu are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 679,116. In Kenya Mbuvu is primarily concentrated in: Kitui County, where 87 percent are found, Embu County, where 6 percent are found and Makueni County, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 37 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Mbuvu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Mbuvu surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Mbouvou83142/
Mbubu80426/
Mbuwu80254/
Mvuvu8054/
Mbuibu7327/
Mbubhu733/
Mbouwu731/
Mbuubu731/
Mbubui731/
Mbobuu731/
Mboubou6781/
Mbuibui6727/
Mbouwou6715/
Mboubeu677/
Mvouvou676/
Mbouweu672/
Mbeubou671/
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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 Mbuvu
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