Mvumbo Surname

846,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mvumbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mvumbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3061:150,91511,990
Tanzania161:3,308,85150,463
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mvumbo (18) may also be a first name.

Mvumbo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mvumbo occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mvumbo.

How Common Is The Last Name Mvumbo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 846,108th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. Mvumbo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mvumbo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most common forename throughout the world, held by 18 people.

The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 150,915. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kwale County, where 100 percent reside. Beside Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Mvumbo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Mvumbo surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mvoumbo9228/
Mvoumbou862/
Mvumba831,071/
Mbumbo83403/
Mvimbo8328/
Nvumbo831/
Mvuemba772,179/
Mboumbo7718/
Mvoumba772/
Nvoumbo771/
Mbeumbo771/
Mbumboh771/
Mboumbou712,362/
M'Vuemba7150/
Mvoumvou715/
Mboumboh713/
Mboumbuo711/
Mvumbahe711/
Mbumba67115,557/
Mwimbo67350/
Mvimba67280/
Mwombo6796/
Nvumba6774/
Mvumva675/
Mvomba675/
M'Boumbou671/
Nvombo671/
Mwumba671/
Mbumuo671/

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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 Mvumbo
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