Moreka Surname
Approximately 1,665 people bear this surname
Moreka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,467 | 1:31,479 | 3,440 |
| Ukraine | 65 | 1:700,349 | 73,397 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Moreka (391) may also be a first name.
Moreka Demographics
Moreka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Moreka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moreka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moreka (Russian: Морека) is most common in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moreka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moreka is the 240,293rd most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,376,904 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Moreka are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Moreka is also the 437,834th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 391 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 1,467 people, or 1 in 31,479. In Kenya Moreka is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 60 percent live, Nairobi County, where 18 percent live and Nyamira County, where 13 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Moreka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (98%) in Kenya.
The amount Moreka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 30.84% more than the national average, earning R 310,920 per year and in United States they earn 29.69% less than the national average, earning $30,336 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moreka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moreka in the Russian language | ||
| Морека | moreka | - |
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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 Moreka
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