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 last name Moripa occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Moripa.

How Common Is The Last Name Moripa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 458,119th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 9,874,723 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Moripa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Moripa is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently held first name globally It is held by 48 people.

The last name Moripa is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 731 people, or 1 in 74,115. In South Africa Moripa is primarily concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 63 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and Limpopo, where 7 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

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
  • 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 Moripa
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