Morowei Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Morowei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Morowei (13) may also be a first name.
Morowei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morowei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Morowei is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Morowei? popularity and diffusion
Morowei is the 1,518,885th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Morowei are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Morowei is also the 3,159,357th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 13 people.
The surname Morowei is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 68 percent live, Rivers, where 15 percent live and Adamawa, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 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 Morowei
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