Moroño Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Moroño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moroño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2301:203,27013,886
Argentina1021:419,05331,889
Venezuela451:671,20211,567
Philippines401:2,530,956131,537
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380

The alternate forms: Morono (248) are calculated separately.

Moroño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Moroño is carried by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Morono. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moroño? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 701,000th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. The surname Moroño occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Moroño are found; 55 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Spain, where it is carried by 230 people, or 1 in 203,270. In Spain Moroño is mostly concentrated in: Galicia, where 38 percent reside, Madrid, where 21 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Spain Moroño is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 24 percent reside and Venezuela, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morono94248/
Maroño83953/
Moroña83939/
Moraño83531/
Moronou77184/
Moronio77165/
Morongo77151/
Moronho775/
Moronyo774/
Moroneo772/
Motrono771/
Moroona771/
Moronjo771/
Moraños771/
Moiraño771/
Moronoz771/
Morrono771/
Morrongo71293/
Moirongo71102/
Moronnoz7187/
Mouronho7182/
Morongou7115/
Morongio712/
Moronyos711/
Moronooz711/
Moroungo711/
Morano6717,784/
Maraño673,948/
Moraña672,537/
Morona67923/
Marono67305/
Maroña6712/
Mohrooina671/

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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 Moroño
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