The Mbaye surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 624 people carried this name — #35,945 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 133% from 268 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mbaye surname
Borrowed from Wolof.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mbaye» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
158 people named Mbaye live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 137 people named Mbaye live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Mbaye.
Most of them — 105 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 81 people named Mbaye live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
33 people named Mbaye is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Mbaye in American newspapers,
1864–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 41 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mbaye,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ken Bugul 1947– · writer -
Abdoul Mbaye 1953– · politician -
Serigne Mbayé 1975– · politician -
Makaty Mbaye 1976– · basketball player -
Jean François Mbaye 1979– · politician -
Joseph Mbaye 1911–1997 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 47 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mbaye.
- Mazzolini 222 · U.S. census
- Mazzone 2,264 · U.S. census
- Mazzoni 1,141 · U.S. census
- Mazzotta 899 · U.S. census
- Mazzotti 248 · U.S. census
- Mazzucco 569 · U.S. census
- Mea 295 · U.S. census
- Meal 263 · U.S. census
- Mean 369 · U.S. census
- Mear 228 · U.S. census
- Meas 1,929 · U.S. census
- Meaux 2,560 · U.S. census
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