Morolong Surname

110,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,206 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Morolong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morolong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,7581:19,6442,475
Botswana8441:2,591305
Lesotho5951:3,416597
Swaziland41:324,550996
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Morolong (495) may also be a first name.

Morolong Last Name Facts

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

Morolong is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morolong? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 110,499th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,732,655 people. The last name Morolong occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Morolong are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 381,460th most numerous forename on earth, borne by 495 people.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,758 people, or 1 in 19,644. In South Africa Morolong is most numerous in: North West, where 30 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 17 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 20 percent reside and Lesotho, where 14 percent reside.

Morolong Last Name Statistics demography

Morolong earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.73% less than the national average, earning R 157,476 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morolon932/
Morollon88239/
Marolong889/
Morolang882/
Morolone881/
Merolong881/
Morrolon881/
Morgollon8264/
Marollong821/
Morrollon821/
Morolan809/
Morallon75284/
Morolane7540/
Morollón758/
Morulang753/
Maralong752/
Marolang752/
Moralang751/
Morelang750/
Margolang712,045/
Maraulong7123/
Morallion712/
Moraullon711/
Morgollón711/
Marolan67100/
Maralon675/
Moralan673/
Morholland670/

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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 Morolong
  • 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