Morowe Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Morowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Morowe (23) may also be a first name.
Morowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Morowe is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Morowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,485,539th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Morowe occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Morowe reside; 78 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous forename in the world It is held by 23 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: East Sepik, where 56 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 40 percent live and Morobe, where 4 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Morowe occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 22 percent live.
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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 Morowe
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