Morkor Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Morkor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morkor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria751:2,361,90379,171
Liberia41:1,102,13437,930
Benin21:5,167,80184,334

Morkor (10) may also be a first name.

Morkor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morkor is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Morkor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morkor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,091,648th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Morkor live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Morkor is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 10 people.

The last name Morkor is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria Morkor is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 47 percent live, Delta, where 36 percent live and Edo, where 17 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morkore924/
Morkar831,518/
Markor83102/
Murkor834/
Morkur831/
Morkure7733/
Mohrkar7727/
Morkart7726/
Markour7711/
Mhorkar778/
Morkare771/
Morkhar771/
Morquor771/
Markord771/
Markort771/
Morcourt7110/
Mohurkar719/
Morkhare715/
Mothrkar714/
Marckord711/
Mehrkour711/
Morccord710/
Murkar672,980/
Markar672,003/
Merkar6732/
Murkur6725/
Markur6721/
Morcar679/
Markorova674/
Morquordt671/

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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 Morkor
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