Morefe Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Morefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
Morefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Morefe is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Morefe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Morefe live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Morefe is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 75 percent are found and Limpopo, where 25 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Morefe exists in one country. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Morefe
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