Moritiwon Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Moritiwon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 283 | 1:625,946 | 29,673 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Moritiwon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moritiwon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moritiwon occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moritiwon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 914,967th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Moritiwon occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Moritiwon reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Moritiwon is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 625,946. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 55 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Kwara, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Moritiwon
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