Moraha Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Moraha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 51 | 1:905,488 | 33,171 |
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Moraha (189) may also be a first name.
Moraha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moraha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moraha is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Moraha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moraha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moraha is the 2,091,648th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. Moraha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moraha live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 661,310th most widely held first name internationally, held by 189 people.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 905,488. In Kenya Moraha is primarily concentrated in: Migori County, where 100 percent live. Not including Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 35 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Moraha
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