Morakeng Surname

851,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 321 people bear this surname

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

Morakeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morakeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3191:169,83618,888
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693

Morakeng (896) may also be a first name.

Morakeng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morakeng is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morakeng? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 851,613th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. Morakeng is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Morakeng live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 271,411th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 896 people.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 169,836. In South Africa Morakeng is most common in: North West, where 73 percent live, Northern Cape, where 10 percent live and Gauteng, where 8 percent live. Apart from South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 1 percent live.

Morakeng Last Name Statistics demography

Morakeng earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.72% less than the national average, earning R 102,852 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merakeng88461/
Morokeng88134/
Marakeng8818/
Moraking884/
Morekeng882/
Mmarakeng8213/
Morokoeng827/
Mmarekeng7111/
Maroking6352/
Marroking591/

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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 Morakeng
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