Moruff Surname
Approximately 1,085 people bear this surname
Moruff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,083 | 1:163,567 | 10,231 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Moruff (4,825) may also be a first name.
Moruff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moruff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moruff is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moruff? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 338,992nd most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 6,716,632 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moruff reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Moruff is also the 98,371st most commonly held first name on earth, held by 4,825 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,083 people, or 1 in 163,567. In Nigeria Moruff is most frequent in: Oyo, where 59 percent reside, Osun, where 15 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Moruff is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouruff | 92 | 1 | / |
| Moruf | 91 | 4,316 | / |
| Maruff | 83 | 363 | / |
| Morauf | 83 | 101 | / |
| Morouf | 83 | 46 | / |
| Moruuf | 83 | 43 | / |
| Muruff | 83 | 28 | / |
| Mouruf | 83 | 21 | / |
| Morruf | 83 | 12 | / |
| Mohruf | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mooruf | 83 | 4 | / |
| Morufs | 83 | 4 | / |
| Morufe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mauruff | 77 | 8 | / |
| Marouff | 77 | 3 | / |
| Marruff | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mahruff | 77 | 2 | / |
| Murruff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maruffe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marufff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maaruff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ma'ruff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maruf | 73 | 94,858 | / |
| Muruf | 73 | 186 | / |
| Morub | 73 | 16 | / |
| Meruf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mahruuff | 71 | 4 | / |
| Maharuff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marouf | 67 | 34,785 | / |
| Maaruf | 67 | 11,443 | / |
| Maeruf | 67 | 3,883 | / |
| Mahruf | 67 | 762 | / |
| Masruf | 67 | 443 | / |
| Marauf | 67 | 348 | / |
| Ma'ruf | 67 | 272 | / |
| Moroof | 67 | 255 | / |
| Morauw | 67 | 134 | / |
| Mauruf | 67 | 80 | / |
| Maruuf | 67 | 47 | / |
| Moruph | 67 | 19 | / |
| Marufs | 67 | 15 | / |
| Matruf | 67 | 11 | / |
| Marruf | 67 | 10 | / |
| Marufe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Morubh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Marufh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maruwf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Marguf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Musruf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Muruuf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Marudf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Màrouf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maruif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mharuf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moreuw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mureuf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Moruff
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