Murambo Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Murambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe911:169,65120,787
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Murambo (42) may also be a first name.

Murambo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Murambo is found most in Zimbabwe. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Murambo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Murambo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,649,806th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Murambo live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 42 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 169,651. In Zimbabwe Murambo is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 55 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent live and Midlands Province, where 13 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe Murambo is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murhambo93253/
Maurambo931/
Mourambou88305/
Mirambo865,523/
Murombo862,882/
Muramba861,980/
Murembo8662/
Morambo861/
Mauramba8065/
Murhombo8025/
Mouramba809/
Murambga801/
Meuramba801/
Mahuramba7532/
Mouroumbo751/
Muromba711,000/
Muremba71578/
Morombo7170/
Mirembo7168/
Miramba7168/
Muramwa7125/
Moramba7117/
Mouroumbou718/
Muramua713/
Miranbo713/
Miroumbo671/
Murhemba671/
Moroumbo671/
Mirambeau63350/
Mouroumba632/
Moroumbou631/
Moromba5756/
Miremba5734/
Miranba5724/
Muromwa578/
Moranwo574/
Muranwa571/
Miroumba539/
Morounbo532/
Murromua531/
Miranbeau501/

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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 Murambo
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