Morewane Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Morewane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morewane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3501:154,79317,479
Botswana1161:18,8533,768
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Morewane (965) may also be a first name.

Morewane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morewane is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morewane? popularity and diffusion

Morewane is the 640,141st most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,342,202 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Morewane are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Morewane is also the 259,602nd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 965 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 350 people, or 1 in 154,793. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 49 percent live, Gauteng, where 39 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent live. Beside South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 24 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Morewane Last Name Statistics demography

Morewane earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.62% less than the national average, earning R 191,004 per year.

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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 Morewane
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