Morekwa Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Morekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morekwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1271:17,2203,386
Kenya841:549,76126,736
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211

Morekwa (74) may also be a first name.

Morekwa Last Name Facts

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

Morekwa has its highest incidence in Botswana. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morekwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,009,375th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. Morekwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Morekwa are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 74 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Botswana, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 17,220. Excluding Botswana Morekwa exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 33 percent live and South Africa, where 16 percent live.

Morekwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Morekwa last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Morekwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.32% less than the national average, earning R 163,200 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marekwa86935/
Murekwa86159/
Morikwa8637/
Merekwa869/
Morekwe864/
Morekua861/
Morykwas8035/
Moragwa711,343/
Maregwa71159/
Marakwa71107/
Muregwa7183/
Murikwa7152/
Morikwe7139/
Marikwa7127/
Marokwa7127/
Morogwa715/
Moregwe714/
Marekwe714/
Merekua714/
Merikwa714/
Marekwo712/
Moregua711/
Murekwe711/
Marykwas6713/
Mharikwa676/
Muraikwa672/
Moroegua671/
Morogwha671/
Morogwua671/
Mmeregwa671/

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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 Morekwa
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