Morah Surname
Approximately 2,906 people bear this surname
Morah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,119 | 1:83,597 | 5,901 |
| India | 374 | 1:2,050,977 | 69,832 |
| United States | 156 | 1:2,323,455 | 144,218 |
| England | 65 | 1:857,201 | 45,134 |
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
The alternate forms: Moràh (1) are calculated separately.
Morah (977) may also be a first name.
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Morah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Morah (Hindi: मोरह) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as: Moràh. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Morah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 151,560th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,507,758 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Morah are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 257,794th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 977 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,119 people, or 1 in 83,597. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 18 percent reside, Enugu, where 14 percent reside and Delta, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 41 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Morah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Morah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Morah surname grew 473 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,625 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Morah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Morah last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Morah surname are 5.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.85% registered with the political party.
The amount Morah earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 5.51% less than the national average, earning $21,451,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.08% more than the national average, earning $43,616 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.14% more than the national average, earning $59,690 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Morah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Morah in the Hindi language | ||
| मोरह | moraha | 75 |
| मोरध्वज | moradhvaja | 8.33 |
| मोराह | moraha | 8.33 |
| मोरहीया | morahiya | 8.33 |
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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 Morah
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