Morrans Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Morrans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morrans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:1,797,35772,927
Scotland281:191,20810,357
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:467,90212,875
England11:24,375,369195,128

Morrans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morrans is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Morrans? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,483,783rd most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Morrans live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 1,797,357. In England it is most numerous in: Cambridgeshire, where 52 percent are found, Hertfordshire, where 26 percent are found and Worcestershire, where 13 percent are found. Other than England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 47 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Morrans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Morrans has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Morrans surname expanded 3,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morans9220/
Morgans863,807/
Mourans8613/
Murrans869/
Moranse866/
Morains865/
Moirans861/
Merrans861/
Moranz77352/
Murans77348/
Marans77275/
Morons778/
Merans773/
Moranx770/
Morance71113/
Maurans7137/
Marains7129/
Moreins7121/
Marrons717/
Moranje714/
Merranz711/
Marzans711/
Moranzh711/
Mutrans711/
Moorams711/
Maranse711/
Margans711/
Mereans710/
Merrons710/
Mehrans710/
Morgons710/
Marreins6715/
Maratins6713/
Moranche672/
Marrance672/
D'Marans671/
Murasins671/
Margains671/

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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 Morrans
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