Morfaw Surname

478,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 697 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Morfaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morfaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon6091:34,1044,591
United States621:5,846,112285,490
England81:6,964,757184,742
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Morfaw (18) may also be a first name.

Morfaw Last Name Facts

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

Morfaw is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morfaw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 478,963rd most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 10,455,590 people. Morfaw is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Morfaw live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 609 people, or 1 in 34,104. In Cameroon Morfaw is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 84 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 4 percent are found and Centre Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Morfaw exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Morfaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Morfaw are 5.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the party.

Morfaw earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.47% more than the national average, earning $47,667 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morfow835/
Marfaw832/
Morfew831/
Morffew77100/
Morfova7745/
Morfov6745/
Mouraview6710/
Marfab671/
Marfew670/
Morphew622,665/
Marfova628/
Marfiew621/
Morphuw621/
Muraview5712/
Morrphew571/
Moreview571/
Mary Phaw531/
Moorephew531/
Marfof501/
Marvew501/
Marfob501/
Marfov501/

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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 Morfaw
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