Mbwambu Surname
Approximately 597 people bear this surname
Mbwambu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 534 | 1:138,351 | 14,711 |
| Zambia | 62 | 1:255,644 | 15,337 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mbwambu (34) may also be a first name.
Mbwambu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbwambu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbwambu is most common in The DR Congo. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mbwambu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbwambu? popularity and diffusion
Mbwambu is the 538,780th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 12,206,945 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbwambu live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 34 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 534 people, or 1 in 138,351. Not including The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 10 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mbwambu
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