Moruwane Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

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

Moruwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moruwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1521:356,43232,570

Moruwane (13) may also be a first name.

Moruwane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Moruwane is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moruwane? popularity and diffusion

Moruwane is the 1,422,956th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moruwane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Moruwane is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 13 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 356,432. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 53 percent live, Gauteng, where 22 percent live and North West, where 18 percent live.

Moruwane Last Name Statistics demography

Moruwane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.81% less than the national average, earning R 109,764 per year.

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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 Moruwane
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