Morfou Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Morfou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morfou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Greece91:1,231,08885,267
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Cyprus11:884,87613,055

Morfou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morfou occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morfou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Morfou is the 2,909,720th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Morfou reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 1,641,749. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 67 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 30 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 20 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.

Morfou Last Name Statistics demography

Morfou earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 225.14% more than the national average, earning R 772,656 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mourfou92849/
Morfu91114/
Morfo913/
Mourfout861/
Morfeu8324/
Marfou8324/
Morfos8315/
Morfoh833/
Morfus833/
Mourfu831/
Morfot831/
Morfoot77319/
Morphou77221/
Marfouz7721/
Morfaux7721/
Morfaut7712/
Marfoud776/
Morfoie771/
Morfood771/
Morfuja771/
Marfo7336,378/
Morfa731,858/
Marfu73456/
Morfú733/
Murfo731/
Morfù731/
Murfu731/
Moorfoot71334/
Marfouss712/
Morfeaux711/
Mahrfoud711/
Marfoh67984/
Marfoa67488/
Morfey67291/
Morfea67174/
Morfee67143/
Morfas67100/
Marfut6794/
Morffa6746/
Marfud6735/
Morfei6735/
Marfoe6733/
Marfoi6727/
Marfoy6724/
Morfie6711/
Morpho679/
Morféa678/
Marfot673/
Marfus672/
Maarfu672/
Marffo671/
Marfoz671/
Murffo671/
Maarfo671/
Morfat670/
Murfau670/

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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 Morfou
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