Moripa Surname

458,119th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 738 people bear this surname

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

Moripa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moripa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7311:74,1159,212
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Moripa (48) may also be a first name.

Moripa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Moripa is found most frequently in South Africa. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Moripa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 458,119th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,874,723 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Moripa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 48 people.

The surname Moripa is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 731 people, or 1 in 74,115. In South Africa Moripa is most numerous in: Mpumalanga, where 63 percent live, Gauteng, where 27 percent live and Limpopo, where 7 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Moripa Last Name Statistics demography

Moripa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.41% less than the national average, earning R 122,604 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moripay921/
Maripa83939/
Moripe83566/
Muripa83304/
Moripi83159/
Meripa83101/
Morupa8396/
Morepa8318/
Moripo836/
Moripj832/
Maripah77876/
Muripah77192/
Moripet77124/
Masripa7763/
Maripat7757/
Maaripa7733/
Maraipa7720/
Musripa7716/
Moruppa7713/
Mahripa779/
Meripah777/
Mharipa777/
Morepai777/
Moreppa776/
Maripaz773/
Moripeh773/
Marippa773/
Meripay771/
Murripa771/
Maripau771/
Maripha771/
Maripay771/
Maripai771/
Mariopa771/
Moripis771/
Moripes771/
Maripea771/
Muuripa771/
Moripey770/
Mahripah7129/
Mujripah7118/
Maharipa7114/
Muhripah7111/
Musrippa7110/
Murhipah716/
Morreppa714/
Marripad713/
Matripai712/
Motrispe711/
Muripaya711/
Maaripat711/
Marripat711/
Maripi672,435/
Marupa671,785/
Maripe67949/
Meripo67553/
Muripo67470/
Murepa67256/
Marepa67125/
Maripo6791/
Merepa6781/
Muripi6777/
Muripe6713/
Morepe679/
Merupa677/
Morupo677/
Maraipaya674/
Marypa673/
Morepi672/
Maripá671/
Maripí671/
Morepo671/
Moreepast671/
Morripett670/

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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 Moripa
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