Morodu Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Morodu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morodu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Morodu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morodu is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morodu? popularity and diffusion

Morodu is the 2,555,468th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Morodu live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 1,041,879. In South Africa Morodu is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live, Limpopo, where 31 percent live and North West, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and Botswana, where 2 percent live.

Morodu Last Name Statistics demography

Morodu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.34% less than the national average, earning R 113,268 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morodou9212/
Mourodu921/
Morudu834,831/
Moradu83458/
Marodu836/
Moreddu77155/
Marodou774/
Morhudu772/
Merodau771/
Marrodu771/
Moradou771/
Moradus771/
Maroudou714/
Mouradou713/
Muradu672,344/
Maredu67509/
Marudu67121/
Maradu67100/
Murudu6770/
Moeroedoe6713/
Meredu676/
Meradu676/
Moradhous676/
Mouradous671/

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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
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  • 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 Morodu
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