Mwambenu Surname
Approximately 2,966 people bear this surname
Mwambenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,935 | 1:25,172 | 3,170 |
| Zambia | 31 | 1:511,288 | 22,588 |
Mwambenu (229) may also be a first name.
Mwambenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwambenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwambenu occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwambenu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 148,986th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,457,028 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambenu live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mwambenu is also the 593,349th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 229 people.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,935 people, or 1 in 25,172. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 1 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 Mwambenu
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