Morowo Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Morowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Morowo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morowo is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morowo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Morowo is the 3,798,600th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Morowo live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea Morowo is most numerous in: Bougainville, where 92 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 4 percent are found and National Capital District, where 4 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morrowo922/
Morowoa921/
Morowa83968/
Morawo83660/
Moruwo83301/
Marowo83214/
Morobo8346/
Morowah7728/
Morojwa7722/
Morobuo7717/
Moroova778/
Mourowa776/
Mourobo773/
Morrowa773/
Morovoy773/
Moirobo773/
Morobou771/
Moroboh771/
Morouwa771/
Morowaa771/
Moroyuo771/
Morawoh771/
Morovoi771/
Mourouwa711/
Morzoova711/
Marowa676,804/
Morawa671,174/
Morova67990/
Marewo67645/
Murowa67642/
Maruwo67630/
Marobo67507/
Morewa67312/
Moruwa67291/
Morová67276/
Moroba67222/
Murawo67169/
Merowa67146/
Marawo6791/
Murrowood6754/
Morubo6737/
Moruvo6731/
Morabo6727/
Murovo6713/
Marovo6712/
Moravo675/
Morevo673/
Merawo673/
Merewo672/
Murobo671/
Morobá671/

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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
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  • 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 Morowo
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