Morelane Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Morelane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morelane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Morelane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morelane is found most in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Morelane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Morelane is the 10,311,814th most common family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Morelane live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Morelane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Morelane has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Morelane
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