Morishige Surname
Approximately 8,573 people bear this surname
Morishige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 8,025 | 1:15,931 | 1,942 |
| United States | 472 | 1:767,921 | 59,720 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Peru | 16 | 1:1,986,508 | 25,077 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Morishige (1,542) may also be a first name.
Morishige Demographics
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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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morishiger | 95 | 1 | / |
| Morisige | 94 | 1 | / |
| Marushige | 78 | 70 | / |
| Murisigea | 78 | 23 | / |
| Morisigui | 78 | 1 | / |
| Morisugi | 71 | 480 | / |
| Murisiga | 71 | 3 | / |
| Marisiga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Morrisjiggy | 70 | 1 | / |
| Morisause | 67 | 59 | / |
| Marisechi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Morissugi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murisigaia | 63 | 35 | / |
| Morrisesey | 63 | 2 | / |
| Moreshouse | 63 | 2 | / |
| Marrissegge | 60 | 1 | / |
| Mureizege | 56 | 1 | / |
| Maharezigie | 50 | 1 | / |
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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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