Mbuya Surname
Approximately 118,708 people bear this surname
Mbuya Surname Definition:
Mbuya is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: traditional cousinship e.g Between a person from the Northern region and a person from the Eastern region.
Mbuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 100,773 | 1:733 | 59 |
| Tanzania | 12,187 | 1:4,344 | 599 |
| Kenya | 4,746 | 1:9,730 | 1,244 |
| Zambia | 353 | 1:44,901 | 4,336 |
| Uganda | 201 | 1:194,225 | 15,750 |
| South Africa | 173 | 1:313,166 | 29,785 |
| Cameroon | 102 | 1:203,618 | 20,947 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Mbuya (4,910) may also be a first name.
Mbuya Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mbuya is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: traditional cousinship e.g Between a person from the Northern region and a person from the Eastern region.
Mbuya is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: older twin.
Mbuya Demographics
Average Mbuya Salary in
United States
$83,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mbuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbuya is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbuya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,749th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 61,391 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbuya reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mbuya is also the 97,289th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 4,910 people.
The surname Mbuya is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 100,773 people, or 1 in 733. Besides The DR Congo this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 10 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 percent reside.
Mbuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Mbuya surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Mbuya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 26.5% less than the national average, earning R 174,660 per year and in United States they earn 94.38% more than the national average, earning $83,875 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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