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

Morinaka is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morinaka? popularity and diffusion

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

It is most common in Japan, where it is held by 3,811 people, or 1 in 33,546. In Japan Morinaka is most prevalent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent reside, Nara Prefecture, where 9 percent reside and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Japan it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Morinaka Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Morinaka last name are 19.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national 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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