Moreke Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Moreke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 129 | 1:419,982 | 36,405 |
| Lesotho | 81 | 1:25,093 | 5,019 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Möreke (25) are calculated separately.
Moreke (64) may also be a first name.
Moreke Demographics
Average Moreke Salary in
South Africa
R 189,264
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Moreke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moreke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moreke occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Möreke. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moreke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moreke is the 1,111,382nd most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. The surname Moreke is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moreke are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Moreke is also the 1,223,525th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 64 people.
It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 419,982. In South Africa Moreke is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 60 percent are found, Free State, where 18 percent are found and Gauteng, where 9 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 37 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Moreke Last Name Statistics demography
Moreke earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.36% less than the national average, earning R 189,264 per year.
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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 Moreke
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