Morai Surname
Approximately 2,327 people bear this surname
Morai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,027 | 1:52,753 | 6,668 |
| Lesotho | 707 | 1:2,875 | 465 |
| India | 143 | 1:5,364,094 | 131,111 |
| Pakistan | 77 | 1:2,320,050 | 20,958 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
| Israel | 51 | 1:167,797 | 17,113 |
| Paraguay | 32 | 1:226,148 | 4,042 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Mörai (1) are calculated separately.
Morai (641) may also be a first name.
Morai Demographics
Average Morai Salary in
United States
$65,725 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Morai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Morai (Hindi: मोरई, Marathi: मोरै) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant: Mörai. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Morai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 182,624th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,131,734 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Morai live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 328,586th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 641 people.
The last name Morai is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,027 people, or 1 in 52,753. In South Africa Morai is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 59 percent are found, Gauteng, where 15 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent are found. Other than South Africa Morai exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 30 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Morai Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Morai has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Morai last name expanded 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Morai Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Morai earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.9% less than the national average, earning R 128,556 per year; in United States they earn 52.32% more than the national average, earning $65,725 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.58% less than the national average, earning $46,414 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Morai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Morai in the Hindi language | ||
| मोरई | mora'i | 94.2 |
| मोरइ | mora'i | 4.35 |
| मोराई | mora'i | 1.45 |
| Morai in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरै | morai | 42.11 |
| मोरई | mora'i | 31.58 |
| मोराई | mora'i | 21.05 |
| मोरइ | mora'i | 5.26 |
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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 Morai
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