Moreña Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Moreña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 64 | 1:746,470 | 8,210 |
| Peru | 29 | 1:1,096,004 | 19,774 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Morena (17,678), Morenä (1) & Morená (1) are calculated separately.
Moreña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moreña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moreña has its highest incidence in Colombia. It may also occur as: Morena, Morenä or Morená. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moreña? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. Moreña occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Moreña are found; 96 percent are found in South America and 66 percent are found in Caribbean South America.
The surname Moreña is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 746,470. In Colombia it is mostly concentrated in: Capital District, where 42 percent live, Valle del Cauca Department, where 28 percent live and Antioquia Department, where 13 percent live. Not including Colombia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 30 percent live and The Philippines, where 4 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 Moreña
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