Morawo Surname

499,041st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 660 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Morawo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morawo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6551:270,44715,411
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Morawo (115) may also be a first name.

Morawo Last Name Facts

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

Morawo is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morawo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 499,041st most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Morawo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 115 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 655 people, or 1 in 270,447. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 71 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Osun, where 5 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morawoh921/
Morawa831,174/
Murawo83169/
Marawo8391/
Morowo8327/
Morabo8327/
Moravo835/
Merawo833/
Moravot7789/
Murahwo7724/
Murhawo7718/
Morgavo7717/
Murawoh776/
Motravo774/
Morabho773/
Morrowo772/
Moirabo771/
Morowoa771/
Moraywa771/
Maurawo771/
Moirabou71532/
Mourawad7117/
Moorgawa714/
Morashwa713/
Masrawoy711/
Mouraiwa711/
Morawatz710/
Moraba678,451/
Moreva677,937/
Marawa671,397/
Morava671,223/
Murawa671,038/
Morova67990/
Morowa67968/
Marewo67645/
Morewa67312/
Morová67276/
Moroba67222/
Marowo67214/
Marabo67145/
Murabo6783/
Merawa6767/
Morobo6746/
Maravo675/
Morevo673/
Muravo673/
Merewo672/
Morobá671/

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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 Morawo
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