Mbwembwe Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Mbwembwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| Zimbabwe | 84 | 1:183,789 | 21,931 |
| Tanzania | 30 | 1:1,764,720 | 47,592 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Mbwembwe (48) may also be a first name.
Mbwembwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbwembwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbwembwe occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbwembwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 686,443rd most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. Mbwembwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mbwembwe reside; 68 percent reside in Central Africa and 68 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 48 people.
Mbwembwe is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 251,291. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live and Tanzania, where 7 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
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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 Mbwembwe
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