Morels Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Morels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Morels Last Name Facts

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

Morels is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morels? popularity and diffusion

Morels is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Morels live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,874,161. In Belgium Morels is primarily concentrated in: Brussels Capital Region, where 50 percent reside, Flemish Region, where 25 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 25 percent reside. Not including Belgium this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 17 percent reside and Germany, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moreels923,046/
Moraels9221/
Moorels9218/
Morells9211/
Moriels9210/
Morrels922/
Moereels86144/
Morreels86107/
Morelles8636/
Moureels8610/
Morrells863/
Moireles861/
Morles835,075/
Marels8328/
Moerls838/
Morils832/
Morlls832/
Merels830/
Morrelles8014/
Mourelles802/
Mareels77243/
Morlese7773/
Moerles7735/
Merrels7719/
Morgils7719/
Mariels7711/
Morlest7710/
Mourles773/
Murrels773/
Morlles773/
Marells773/
Morless772/
Marrels772/
Morrles772/
Morzles771/
Morhles771/
Merells771/
Morills770/
Masrels770/
Morrils770/
Marls7311/
Murls731/
Merls730/
Merelles71650/
Murrells71404/
Merrells71292/
Morilles7111/
Murelles712/
Morellez711/
Morgills711/
Muireles711/
Mérelles711/
Marelles711/
Maurells711/
Merriels710/
Marles672,217/
Merles67178/
Morlez6754/
Murles6714/
Maurelles677/
Merrelles676/
Merils674/
Maryls671/
Morrilles671/
Merlsh670/
Merlls670/
Murrelles670/
Marils670/
Marrls670/
Merriells670/

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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 Morels
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