Morena Surname
Approximately 17,678 people bear this surname
Morena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,937 | 1:13,761 | 1,738 |
| Italy | 3,354 | 1:18,234 | 3,128 |
| Angola | 2,563 | 1:10,530 | 1,295 |
| United States | 1,144 | 1:316,835 | 28,949 |
| Spain | 1,046 | 1:44,696 | 4,241 |
| Philippines | 986 | 1:102,676 | 17,864 |
| Argentina | 748 | 1:57,144 | 4,835 |
| Brazil | 598 | 1:357,984 | 13,714 |
| Uruguay | 453 | 1:7,576 | 845 |
| France | 326 | 1:203,751 | 31,680 |
| Colombia | 274 | 1:174,358 | 4,654 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Algeria | 218 | 1:177,209 | 21,974 |
| Canada | 184 | 1:200,248 | 19,574 |
| Indonesia | 155 | 1:853,221 | 64,334 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Lesotho | 141 | 1:14,415 | 3,165 |
| Venezuela | 131 | 1:230,565 | 5,911 |
| Russia | 127 | 1:1,134,827 | 84,472 |
| Australia | 104 | 1:259,574 | 23,725 |
| Germany | 86 | 1:936,110 | 65,790 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| England | 69 | 1:807,508 | 43,459 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Mexico | 41 | 1:3,027,468 | 22,993 |
| Switzerland | 37 | 1:221,971 | 18,930 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| Peru | 21 | 1:1,513,530 | 22,524 |
| Belarus | 18 | 1:527,837 | 48,523 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Cuba | 6 | 1:1,920,453 | 8,345 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 56 | 1:896,762 | 54,350 |
The alternate forms: Morenä (1) & Morená (1) are calculated separately.
Morena (40,790) may also be a first name.
Morena Demographics
Average Male Morena Height
172.81 cm
Average Female Morena Height
162.04 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Morena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Morena (Arabic: مورينا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﻧﻪ, Marathi: मोरेना, Russian: Морена) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Morenä or Morená. Click here to see other possible spellings of Morena.
How Common Is The Last Name Morena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 30,218th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 412,238 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 42 percent of Morena live; 38 percent live in Southern Africa and 23 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 21,858th most widely held forename globally, borne by 40,790 people.
This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 3,937 people, or 1 in 13,761. In South Africa Morena is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 49 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 15 percent reside. Beside South Africa it occurs in 93 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 19 percent reside and Angola, where 14 percent reside.
Morena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Morena has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Morena surname rose 2,043 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Morena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (50%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Morena surname are 5.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.17% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Morena earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 1.72% less than the national average, earning €29,512 per year; in South Africa they earn 33.87% less than the national average, earning R 157,140 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.25% more than the national average, earning $26,846,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.68% less than the national average, earning $41,130 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.99% less than the national average, earning $47,699 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Morena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Morena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﻧﻪ | mrnh | - |
| Morena in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरेना | morena | - |
| Morena in the Russian language | ||
| Морена | morena | - |
| Morena in the Arabic language | ||
| مورينا | mwryna | - |
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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 Morena
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