Morokeng Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

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

Morokeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morokeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1301:416,75236,221
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827

Morokeng (26) may also be a first name.

Morokeng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morokeng has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Morokeng.

How Common Is The Last Name Morokeng? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,544,715th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. Morokeng is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Morokeng live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 26 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 416,752. In South Africa it is most numerous in: North West, where 72 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and Free State, where 2 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.

Morokeng Last Name Statistics demography

Morokeng earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.86% less than the national average, earning R 83,508 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morokoeng947/
Morakeng88321/
Morekeng882/
Merakeng75461/
Maroking7552/
Marakeng7518/
Moraking754/
Mmarakeng7113/
Mmarekeng7111/
Marroking711/

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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 Morokeng
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis