Morcambe Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Morcambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Morcambe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:892,30328,047
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Morcambe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morcambe is more commonly found in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morcambe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Morcambe live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Morcambe is most widespread in Scotland, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 892,303. In Scotland Morcambe is most numerous in: West Lothian, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Scotland this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent reside.

Morcambe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Morcambe has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Morcambe last name decreased 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morcombe88568/
Morcomber820/
Marcombe75441/
Marsambe7510/
Murcombe752/
Mercombe750/
Marcombes7147/
Marsamba633/
Markambai591/
Marzanbi509/

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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 Morcambe
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