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 last name Moroma (Marathi: मोरोमा) has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moroma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 996,001st most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. Moroma is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Moroma reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 461,021st most common first name world-wide, borne by 357 people.
This surname is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 11,230. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 49 percent are found, Maseru District, where 22 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
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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