In the entire world, Mbao (Mbao 
) is a very rare boy's first name. The first name Mbao is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, where it is a very rare male name. Much more prevalently, Mbao is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Mbao | Kenya, Zambia, Senegal, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| lameck mbao Zambian boxer (b. 1963) |
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| yous mbao Senegalese basketball player, SN (b. 1990) |
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