Mbwanya Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Mbwanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mbwanya (23) may also be a first name.
Mbwanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbwanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbwanya occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbwanya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 694,796th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 17,147,167 people. The last name Mbwanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbwanya live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 23 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 308 people, or 1 in 239,869. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 25 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbuanya | 86 | 1,801 | / |
| Mpwanya | 86 | 213 | / |
| Mbwanja | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mbwanye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mbwanha | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mbwonya | 86 | 1 | / |
| M'Buanya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbwanji | 71 | 1,688 | / |
| Mpuanya | 71 | 205 | / |
| Mbwanje | 71 | 181 | / |
| Mbwange | 71 | 123 | / |
| Mbwanhe | 71 | 85 | / |
| Mbuania | 71 | 42 | / |
| Mbuonya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbuanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mpwania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mvuanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbuonye | 57 | 119 | / |
| Mvuania | 57 | 21 | / |
| Mpuania | 57 | 4 | / |
| Npuanya | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbuanji | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbuagne | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbuangie | 53 | 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
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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 Mbwanya
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