Morinaka Surname

113,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,079 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Morinaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morinaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan3,8111:33,5463,156
United States1701:2,132,111135,040
Brazil471:4,554,773120,089
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Peru101:3,178,41230,046
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Morinaka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morinaka is most common in Japan. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morinaka? popularity and diffusion

Morinaka is the 113,418th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,786,601 people. The surname Morinaka is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Morinaka live; 93 percent live in East Asia and 93 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 3,811 people, or 1 in 33,546. In Japan Morinaka is most prevalent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent are found, Nara Prefecture, where 9 percent are found and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Japan Morinaka occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Morinaka Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Morinaka surname are 19.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.73% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Morinaka earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 25.57% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,429 per year and in United States they earn 3.21% more than the national average, earning $44,534 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
  • 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 Morinaka
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