Morumbe Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Morumbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morumbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1821:290,88822,561
Kenya851:543,29326,596
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623

Morumbe (159) may also be a first name.

Morumbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morumbe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morumbe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 945,594th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Morumbe live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 727,628th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 159 people.

The surname Morumbe is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 290,888. In Tanzania Morumbe is primarily concentrated in: Mara Region, where 96 percent live, Iringa Region, where 2 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 31 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.

Morumbe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marumbe86833/
Merumbe86129/
Morumba8686/
Morumbi8642/
Murumbe8642/
Morombe867/
Mhorombe80163/
Marumbei80101/
Murumbei801/
Mouroumba752/
Murumba713,284/
Murumbi711,690/
Marimbe711,535/
Marumbi71400/
Marumba71357/
Morombi71152/
Murombe71143/
Marombe71100/
Moromba7156/
Marumwe711/
Marumbé711/
Merimbe711/
Morumwa711/
Morunue711/
Mariembe67625/
Mhurombe6727/
Murrombe6714/
Marhumba674/
Marumbai672/
Murhombe672/
Morombai672/
Muruumba671/
Muurumba671/
Marumvie671/
Mohrunbi671/
Murhumba671/
Muroembe671/
Mgurumbi671/
Marimbee671/
Morunbhi671/

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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 Morumbe
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