Morishige Surname

58,874th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,573 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Morishige Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morishige Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan8,0251:15,9311,942
United States4721:767,92159,720
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Mexico171:7,301,54134,591
Peru161:1,986,50825,077
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Morishige (1,542) may also be a first name.

Morishige Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morishige has its highest incidence in Japan. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morishige? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 58,874th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 850,058 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Morishige live; 94 percent live in East Asia and 94 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Morishige is also the 197,454th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 1,542 people.

It is most commonly used in Japan, where it is carried by 8,025 people, or 1 in 15,931. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 28 percent are found, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 9 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found. Not including Japan it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Morishige Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Morishige surname are 21.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 74.55% registered with the political party.

Morishige earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.62% more than the national average, earning $46,868 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 Morishige
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