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.
Morah Demographics
Morah Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Morah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Morah (Hindi: मोरह) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Moràh. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Morah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Morah is the 151,560th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,507,758 people. The last name Morah is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Morah live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Morah is also the 257,794th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 977 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,119 people, or 1 in 83,597. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 18 percent are found, Enugu, where 14 percent are found and Delta, where 12 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Morah exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Morah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Morah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 473 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,625 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Morah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Morah surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Morah surname are 5.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US 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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