Murombo Surname
Approximately 2,882 people bear this surname
Murombo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2,812 | 1:5,490 | 558 |
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Murombo (1,013) may also be a first name.
Murombo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murombo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Murombo occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murombo? popularity and diffusion
Murombo is the 152,649th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,528,642 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Murombo reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Murombo is also the 252,483rd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 1,013 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 2,812 people, or 1 in 5,490. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 20 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 17 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 14 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe Murombo exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murhombo | 93 | 25 | / |
| Mouroumbo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Muromba | 86 | 1,000 | / |
| Murambo | 86 | 121 | / |
| Morombo | 86 | 70 | / |
| Murembo | 86 | 62 | / |
| Murumbo | 86 | 17 | / |
| Mouroumbou | 82 | 8 | / |
| Murhambo | 80 | 253 | / |
| Miroumbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moroumbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maurambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mourambou | 75 | 305 | / |
| Mouroumba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Moroumbou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mirambo | 71 | 5,523 | / |
| Murumba | 71 | 3,284 | / |
| Muramba | 71 | 1,980 | / |
| Muremba | 71 | 578 | / |
| Mirembo | 71 | 68 | / |
| Moromba | 71 | 56 | / |
| Muromwa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Morambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mauramba | 67 | 65 | / |
| Miroumba | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mouramba | 67 | 9 | / |
| Morounbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Murumbah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murromua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muurumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murhemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muruumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murhumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murambga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meuramba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Murombo
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