Morife Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

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

Morife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Morife (10) may also be a first name.

Morife Last Name Facts

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

Morife is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morife? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Morife live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa Morife is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 48 percent are found, Limpopo, where 33 percent are found and Western Cape, where 15 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Morife Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Morife earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 209.37% more than the national average, earning R 735,180 per year and in United States they earn 37.33% less than the national average, earning $27,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morifie9217/
Moriofe921/
Morif915/
Mourifie8650/
Morrifey861/
Morifi832,406/
Morafe832,311/
Marife8393/
Merife8322/
Moraif8314/
Morefe8310/
Moriev837/
Morrif836/
Morifa836/
Mohrif834/
Morufe833/
Moriff832/
Mourif831/
Morify831/
Moorif830/
Mouroifie801/
Marifet7770/
Mmerife7731/
Moreifa777/
Marifer774/
Morafhe774/
Morziev772/
Moutrif772/
Meraife771/
Morriff771/
Moriffi771/
Merifee770/
Morev737,935/
Morib734,480/
Marif731,831/
Moriv73185/
Moriw7366/
Morew7354/
Moreb7343/
Moref739/
Morafeae7174/
Mohrifai716/
Morzhiev711/
Merrifie711/
Moroufie711/
Morrieff711/
Merrifee710/
Morrefes710/
Maarif6718,879/
Moreva677,937/
Mouroufie672,080/
Mariev671,465/
Motrev67832/
Marifa67602/
Mahrif67116/
Marifi6787/
Moreev6784/
Masrif6780/
Morefa6773/
Maraif6763/
Moreff6723/
Moreiv6722/
Morevs6720/
Merifi6716/
Marief6714/
Mooreb6713/
Morefi6712/
Mourrefet6711/
Marafe6710/
Morheb679/
Marufe679/
Mariff678/
Murifa677/
Mouref677/
Morebh677/
Moorew675/
Moreef674/
Marrif674/
Morhib674/
Moribh674/
Moriph674/
Moreav673/
Morzev673/
Moreab673/
Morriw672/
Morrew672/
Moreaw672/
Moritv672/
Maurif672/
Murifi672/
Merefe672/
Mosref671/
Mooref671/
Moreaf671/
Morhew671/
Moriow671/
Moroiv671/
Matrif671/
Motref671/
Moreew671/
Maruif671/
Marzif671/
Marifé671/
Mourib671/
Moreph671/
Mohreb671/
Mohref671/
Mouryf671/
Margif671/
Marefe671/
Moreuw671/
Morevw671/
Moorefeed670/

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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 Morife
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