Morombe Surname

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

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

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

Morombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Morombe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morombe is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morombe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Morombe are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Morombe is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 60 percent are found, East Sepik, where 20 percent are found and West New Britain, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 14 percent are found and South Africa, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mhorombe93163/
Mgorombe931/
Morumbe86277/
Morombi86152/
Murombe86143/
Marombe86100/
Moromba8656/
Merombe8626/
Morembe864/
Morambe861/
Mhurombe8027/
Murrombe8014/
Murhombe802/
Morombai802/
Muroembe801/
Mouroumba752/
Marambe713,081/
Muromba711,000/
Marumbe71833/
Maromba71353/
Maromwe71125/
Marembe71102/
Murambe7189/
Morumba7186/
Merembe7148/
Murumbe7142/
Morumbi7142/
Moramba7117/
Morambi7114/
Murombi717/
Moranbe712/
Marombi711/
Merambe711/
Marumbei67101/
Marambei6739/
Morambai6730/
Marambey6711/
Mouramba679/
Maroomba672/
Morambhi672/
Marhambe671/
Marhomba671/
Moronwei671/
Mgarambe671/
Marambed671/
Marrambe671/
Murombui671/
Murumbei671/
Marembey670/

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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 Morombe
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