Moambo Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Moambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Moambo Last Name Facts

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

Moambo is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moambo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Moambo reside; 43 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 43 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Moambo is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Moambo is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 89 percent live and West Sepik, where 11 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 29 percent live and The DR Congo, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mohambo9211/
Moambou929/
Moambos922/
Mouambo922/
Moamboy921/
Mouambou866/
Moatimbo861/
Mohamboy861/
Maombo83428/
Moamba83134/
Moanbo831/
Muiambo7726,062/
Mouamba771,534/
Mahombo77397/
Moyombo77229/
Mohombo77125/
Mohamba77106/
Maoymbo771/
Mojombo771/
Mohamuo771/
Mauombo771/
Mojomboy71486/
Muohamba711/
Mouomboh711/
Mahomboi711/
Maaumbos711/
Moyombou711/
Maomba67380/
Mahoumbou67202/
Moassimba671/
Mouombouh671/

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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 Moambo
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