Morough Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Morough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Morough Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morough is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morough? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Morough live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Morough is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Morough is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Morough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Morough has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morrough9325/
Morogh923/
Moroug921/
Morrogh86177/
Morzogh867/
Marough860/
Morog83270/
Morug831/
Murrough8028/
Marzough8022/
Mahrough8013/
Marrough800/
Morraugh800/
Morokh7799/
Moroux7785/
Moragh7768/
Marugh776/
Maroug772/
Marogh772/
Morukh772/
Morokg771/
Morugs771/
Muroug771/
Moroig771/
Morugg770/
Marzoug717,175/
Mahroug714,025/
Moiroux71720/
Mouroux71671/
Morrokh7123/
Maraugh7114/
Mourouk718/
Maaroug715/
Muraugh715/
Morzouk714/
Moroque712/
Maroukh712/
Mohrouk711/
Morukhe711/
Mahrugh711/
Morayug711/
Marhoug711/
Marougk711/
Mourokh711/
Mooragh711/
Morragh710/
Moruk672,906/
Morag671,078/
Morok67241/
Morogova67229/
Moroc67224/
Marog67203/
Murug67191/
Moitroux6789/
Morugova6770/
Murog6766/
Mourzagh6743/
Marzoukh6742/
Morux6733/
Marug6730/
Mourroux6728/
Moruc6718/
Morroque675/
Mourzouk673/
Morox672/
Murgaugh672/
Marzougg671/
Marraugh671/
Moroyque671/
Mahroukh671/
Morocque671/
Marzoogh671/
Mahroogh671/
Marzoueg671/
Mahrgoug671/
Murraugh670/
Motraigh670/

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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 Morough
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