Moruo Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Moruo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 122 | 1:433,948 | 30,252 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Moruo (758) may also be a first name.
Moruo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moruo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moruo has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Moruo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moruo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,441,361st most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name Moruo occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Moruo live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Moruo is also the 298,355th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 758 people.
The last name Moruo is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 433,948. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Arusha Region, where 97 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Moruo
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