Morewaya Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Morewaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Morewaya (14) may also be a first name.
Morewaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morewaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Morewaya is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Morewaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,323,005th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Morewaya reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Morewaya is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name globally It is held by 14 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Milne Bay, where 82 percent are found, National Capital District, where 15 percent are found and Madang, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Singapore, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moreway | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mooreway | 88 | 1 | / |
| Moraway | 80 | 14 | / |
| Morevay | 80 | 2 | / |
| Moraviya | 75 | 6 | / |
| Morovaya | 75 | 5 | / |
| Marewiya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Morroway | 75 | 0 | / |
| Moribay | 67 | 228 | / |
| Morebai | 67 | 20 | / |
| Morawey | 67 | 16 | / |
| Morevai | 67 | 15 | / |
| Moravay | 67 | 10 | / |
| Morowai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Masriwayah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Morebau | 67 | 3 | / |
| Morowey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Morovea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maraway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mariway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merewai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moravey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Morewaya
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