Morcombe Surname

559,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Jersey

Morcombe Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller in a Moor-Hollow [Old English mór + cumb (a word of Celtic orig.: Welsh cwm, a hollow]

Morcombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2611:103,43211,643
England1471:379,03426,619
Canada531:695,20056,020
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Scotland221:243,35512,191
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Jersey51:19,8403,614
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
France11:66,422,722504,397
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1491:163,59314,057
Wales171:92,2604,121
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Morcombe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller in a Moor-Hollow [Old English mór + cumb (a word of Celtic orig.: Welsh cwm, a hollow]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Morcombe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morcombe is found most in Australia. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Morcombe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morcombe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Morcombe is the 559,180th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Morcombe live; 48 percent live in Australasia and 48 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most prevalent in Australia, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 103,432. In Australia Morcombe is primarily concentrated in: Western Australia, where 31 percent reside, New South Wales, where 28 percent reside and Victoria, where 23 percent reside. Outside of Australia this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.

Morcombe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Morcombe has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Morcombe surname decreased 1 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Morcombe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Morcombe last name are 46.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 92.86% registered with the political party.

The amount Morcombe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.84% less than the national average, earning $38,904 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.78% more than the national average, earning $51,063 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morcomber940/
Marcombe88441/
Morcambe887/
Murcombe882/
Mercombe880/
Marcombes8247/
Marsambe6310/
Murkumbi5083/
Marsamba503/
Markumbi501/

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Footnotes

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