Morsner Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Morsner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morsner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa981:552,83443,423
England151:3,714,537119,675
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

The alternate forms: Mörsner (67) are calculated separately.

Morsner Last Name Facts

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

Morsner is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Mörsner. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Morsner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Morsner is the 1,701,480th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Morsner live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 552,834. In South Africa Morsner is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 49 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 14 percent are found and Limpopo, where 13 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Morsner Last Name Statistics demography

Morsner earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 104.7% more than the national average, earning R 486,444 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mörsner9567/
Morszner9346/
Morschner8821/
Marsner8629/
Mersner8622/
Mürsner861/
Moerschner8227/
Morshenner820/
Morchner8048/
Marshner8047/
Marszner806/
Maersner800/
Morsny779/
Morsni771/
Marschner756,460/
Mörschner7530/
Merschner758/
Morshna71107/
Maršner7129/
Maerschner7122/
Marsney7121/
Marzner714/
Moursni712/
Marsnerova711/
Merzner710/
Marxner710/
Marsneh710/
Marchner67544/
Marsenne6729/
Murchner6710/
Marschne672/

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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 Morsner
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