Morepe Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Morepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Morepe (99) may also be a first name.

Morepe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morepe (Marathi: मोरेपे) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Morepe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morepe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Morepe is the 6,360,413th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Morepe are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Morepe is also the 951,070th most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 99 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Morepe is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 50 percent reside, Limpopo, where 25 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morephe9271/
Morepje9244/
Morepeu921/
Moreape921/
Morep9147/
Mooreper862/
Moripe83566/
Morape83161/
Morope8395/
Moreev8384/
Merepe8324/
Morepa8318/
Murepe8317/
Marepe8315/
Moreip833/
Morepi832/
Moreep831/
Moreph831/
Moripet77124/
Mareppe7725/
Morepai777/
Moreppa776/
Mereepe773/
Moripeh773/
Mariepe772/
Moyrape771/
Moripes771/
Morephi771/
Morhape771/
Morhepy771/
Meriepe771/
Moraape771/
Morrepp771/
Moripey770/
Mourhep770/
Morev737,935/
Morip732,032/
Marep73122/
Moreb7343/
Morreppa714/
Motrispe711/
Marape674,597/
Marope673,009/
Mareev672,682/
Meripe671,206/
Maripe67949/
Mareeb67917/
Moripa67738/
Murepa67256/
Moripi67159/
Marepa67125/
Motreb67122/
Morapi67112/
Marepp6783/
Mahrep6727/
Moreiv6722/
Moropi6721/
Marepi6719/
Merope6718/
Mooreb6713/
Muripe6713/
Maarep6711/
Morheb679/
Moirip679/
Morebh677/
Merepi676/
Merape676/
Moriph674/
Moreab673/
Moreav673/
Moretb673/
Moripz673/
Mariep673/
Moripj672/
Moorip672/
Morips672/
Marepy671/
Murepi671/
Meurep671/
Moriop671/
Moruip671/
Mohreb671/
Morrip670/
Morripett670/

Morepe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Morepe in the Marathi language
मोरेपेmorepe-

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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 Morepe
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