Moorkey Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Moorkey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moorkey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa621:873,83457,209
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Moorkey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Moorkey occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Moorkey? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Moorkey live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 873,834. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 94 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent reside and North West, where 2 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.

Moorkey Last Name Statistics demography

Moorkey earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.47% less than the national average, earning R 231,768 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morkey9212/
Morkeye862/
Morkeys861/
Morke83119/
Morky8345/
Moorkead800/
Markey7713,134/
Morkeh771,628/
Moerke77638/
Morker77213/
Murkey77194/
Morkoy7738/
Mohrke7733/
Morkys7717/
Morcey7713/
Morkhe7712/
Morkee7711/
Morcke779/
Moorka777/
Morkie776/
Morkay776/
Mourky775/
Morkyi772/
Morkue771/
Morkez771/
Morkea771/
Morcky771/
Morhke770/
Mourke770/
Moorce770/
Morkaya71540/
Moehrke71479/
Morkuye7126/
Morkiya718/
Marckey718/
Markeya713/
Moorkha712/
Morkche712/
Markiey712/
Morkhed712/
Mourkeu711/
Moorkaa711/
Morkoie711/
Moerhke711/
Markeye711/
Morkess711/
Murkhey710/
Morkest710/
Morka678,025/
Marke673,976/
Murke671,286/
Marky67606/
Morkhiya67234/
Morce67201/
Márky6749/
Morki6747/
Mürke6738/
Murky6723/
Moehrcke6722/
Morkoyah671/
Moorkaph671/
Mourkiye671/
Morký671/

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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 Moorkey
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