Morihara Surname

99,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Morihara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morihara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan4,5651:28,0052,826
United States1751:2,071,194131,950
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Morihara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morihara is more frequently found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morihara? popularity and diffusion

It is the 99,326th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,528,749 people. Morihara occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Morihara are found; 96 percent are found in East Asia and 96 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 4,565 people, or 1 in 28,005. In Japan Morihara is most prevalent in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 30 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 14 percent live and Okayama Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Aside from Japan Morihara is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Morihara Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Morihara are 37.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90.24% registered with the political party.

Morihara earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD 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 Morihara
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