Moroma Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Moroma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 181 | 1:11,230 | 2,530 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Moroma (357) may also be a first name.
Moroma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moroma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moroma (Marathi: मोरोमा) occurs most in Lesotho. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moroma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moroma is the 996,001st most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname Moroma is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Moroma live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 461,021st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 357 people.
The surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 11,230. In Lesotho Moroma is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 49 percent reside, Maseru District, where 22 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 9 percent reside. Other than Lesotho it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moroma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moroma in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरोमा | moroma | - |
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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 Moroma
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