Moropo Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

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

Moropo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moropo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2151:251,98925,579
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Moropo (55) may also be a first name.

Moropo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Moropo occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Moropo.

How Common Is The Last Name Moropo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Moropo is the 1,006,539th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname Moropo is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Moropo live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 55 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 215 people, or 1 in 251,989. In South Africa Moropo is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 56 percent are found, Limpopo, where 42 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Moropo Last Name Statistics demography

Moropo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.89% less than the national average, earning R 128,580 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moropot921/
Moropa834,666/
Maropo83518/
Morapo835/
Meropo835/
Morepo831/
Maroupo773/
Moropas772/
Mauropo771/
Marropo771/
Morgapo771/
Morapos771/
Muropa671,771/
Marapo67935/
Morapa67368/
Maropa67155/
Murapo67127/
Marepo6754/
Morepa6718/
Merapo676/
Merepo675/
Marôpo673/
Moraphoph671/
Meropa671/

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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 Moropo
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