Morapa Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

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

Morapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3571:151,75817,197
India91:85,229,487684,495
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791

Morapa (23) may also be a first name.

Morapa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morapa (Marathi: मोरपा) is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morapa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Morapa is the 772,238th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Morapa reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name on earth, held by 23 people.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 151,758. In South Africa Morapa is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 48 percent reside, Gauteng, where 35 percent reside and North West, where 9 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Morapa Last Name Statistics demography

Morapa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.41% less than the national average, earning R 115,464 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morappa927/
Morapat925/
Mosrapa923/
Morapaz921/
Morapha920/
Moraphat8636/
Morapaya863/
Morrappa863/
Moraphay861/
Moropa834,666/
Marapa831,399/
Murapa831,394/
Morape83161/
Morapi83112/
Morepa8318/
Merapa8314/
Morapo835/
Marappa77521/
Murapha77200/
Murapah7751/
Marapas7741/
Maarapa7741/
Morapiy7739/
Marapha7736/
Maraupa7731/
Maraipa7720/
Marrapa7713/
Marahpa7712/
Marapai7711/
Marapad779/
Mehrapa779/
Morepai777/
Moreppa776/
Marapau776/
Marapay775/
Moraupe775/
Marapaa773/
Motrapi773/
Merapay773/
Murappa772/
Marapah772/
Marapoa772/
Moropai772/
Moropas772/
Moraped772/
Merappa771/
Murapai771/
Murapat771/
Marapat771/
Maurapa771/
Matrapa771/
Maerapa771/
Maraapa771/
Maraepa771/
Morgapo771/
Moraape771/
Moreape771/
Morapos771/
Morhape771/
Morapje771/
Moyrape771/
Musrapa771/
Mareapa771/
Margappa7115/
Murgappa7110/
Marapaya718/
Maarahpa716/
Mareappa715/
Morreppa714/
Maharapa713/
Maarapah713/
Maraphad713/
Maraphat712/
Marrappa712/
Mathrapa711/
Maarappa711/
Maraappa711/
Musrapha711/
Musrappa711/
Marrapas711/
Marapaha711/
Marapath711/
Marahapa711/
Mouraspe711/
Moropaja711/
Morapedz711/
Marappah711/
Marape674,597/
Murape671,998/
Muropa671,771/
Marapo67935/
Marapi67522/
Moropo67253/
Maropa67155/
Murapo67127/
Marepa67125/
Morope6795/
Merepa6781/
Murapi6744/
Moropi6721/
Merapo676/
Maraipaya674/
Marrapuha671/
Marapé671/
Moraphoph671/
Marahpash671/
Meropa671/
Morepo671/
Musrrapah671/
Maharapha671/
Marapy671/

Morapa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Morapa in the Marathi language
मोरपाmorapa-

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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 Morapa
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