Morissen Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Morissen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Morissen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morissen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Morissen is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Morissen.
How Common Is The Last Name Morissen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Morissen is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Morissen are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 5,748,322. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Belgium this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.
Morissen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Morissen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Morissen surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Morissen
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