Mbwang Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mbwang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbwang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1471:141,28615,748
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Mbwang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mbwang is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbwang? popularity and diffusion

Mbwang is the 1,434,893rd most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name Mbwang occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbwang reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 141,286. In Cameroon Mbwang is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 53 percent reside, Centre Region, where 35 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mmbwang921/
M'Bwang921/
Mbwan912/
Mbuang8310/
Mpwang833/
Mbwane831/
Mvwang831/
Mbwain831/
Mbvang831/
Mbwanhe7785/
Mbuan732/
Mbwam731/
Mbuahang716/
Mbouhang711/
Mpuang67462/
Mbuong6774/
Mbvane672/
Npwang672/
Mbuant672/
Mbwone671/
Mvbain671/

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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 Mbwang
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