Moropa Surname

101,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,666 people bear this surname

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

Moropa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moropa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,3811:12,3671,531
Papua New Guinea2181:37,4024,506
Lesotho461:44,1867,268
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Moropa (163) may also be a first name.

Moropa Last Name Facts

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

Moropa occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Moropa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 101,152nd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,561,840 people. The surname Moropa is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Moropa reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 717,791st most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 163 people.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,381 people, or 1 in 12,367. In South Africa Moropa is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 39 percent are found, Limpopo, where 28 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 20 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Moropa occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.

Moropa Last Name Statistics demography

Moropa earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 8.59% less than the national average, earning R 217,236 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moropas922/
Moropai922/
Moropaja861/
Muropa831,771/
Morapa83368/
Moropo83253/
Maropa83155/
Morope8395/
Moropi8321/
Morepa8318/
Meropa831/
Maroupa7747/
Muropah7740/
Moropie7725/
Morepai777/
Morappa777/
Maropah776/
Moreppa776/
Maropai776/
Morapat775/
Masropa774/
Mosrapa773/
Morapaz771/
Maropas771/
Moropot771/
Muropha771/
Morapha770/
Maroupas7152/
Moraphat7136/
Matropah714/
Mutropah714/
Morreppa714/
Morrappa713/
Morapaya713/
Moraphay711/
Maroppad711/
Mothrope710/
Marope673,009/
Marapa671,399/
Murapa671,394/
Maropo67518/
Morape67161/
Marepa67125/
Morapi67112/
Merepa6781/
Maropi6728/
Murope6721/
Merapa6714/
Morapo675/
Meropo675/
Muropi671/
Moraphoph671/
Morepo671/
Motthrope670/
Mouthrope670/

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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 Moropa
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