Morwa Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Morwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1711:12,7892,446
South Africa1201:451,48138,064
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Morwa (1,737) may also be a first name.

Morwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Morwa is borne by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Morwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 862,604th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Morwa live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 184,039th most frequently occurring forename globally, held by 1,737 people.

This surname is most numerous in Botswana, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 12,789. Besides Botswana this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 38 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.

Morwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Maronite (50%) in Lebanon.

Morwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.57% less than the national average, earning R 164,988 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morway91454/
Mmorwa9113/
Morwau917/
Moirwa914/
Morwah912/
Moerwa911/
Morwais831/
Morwath831/
Morways831/
Marwa8099,822/
Morua806,989/
Morwe803,355/
Morba802,484/
Murwa80943/
Morva80552/
Merwa80249/
Morwo80194/
Morwy801/
Morwatsh771/
Marwah7311,541/
Morvai733,346/
Morvay731,911/
Mourba731,248/
Moruha73429/
Marway73351/
Marhwa73236/
Marwha73151/
Mmurwa73149/
Morvaj73102/
Morweh73100/
Marwai7380/
Murway7373/
Marwaj7366/
Murwad7333/
Moruoa7328/
Merwah7325/
Murhwa7321/
Morwod7318/
Morvad7317/
Murwai7311/
Marwaa7310/
Morbai739/
Moerua739/
Mhurwa737/
Merway737/
Mmerwa735/
Maarwa734/
Morvaá734/
Murwaa734/
Moorwe733/
Moruah733/
Murwah733/
Morvat733/
Marwea733/
Morbau732/
Morbay732/
Morrua732/
Mourva732/
Murwau732/
Mourwe732/
Mharwa731/
Morbha731/
Morrwo731/
Morvah731/
Morvas731/
Mourua731/
Morwee731/
Marwau731/
Mourwo731/
Morwoi731/
Murzwa731/
Murrwa731/
Masrwa731/
Moorba731/
Merwai731/
Marwaha678,046/
Maarwai6790/
Morvatz6719/
Murwaha6717/
Merwaha6715/
Marwhay6710/
Morvais678/
Morvath675/
Masrwat675/
Marwahe673/
Marhwah673/
Marwadh672/
Murwaja672/
Murwaya672/
Marwait672/
Maarwah671/
Marwaah671/
Marwahs671/
Marwwah671/
Morvaya671/
Morwich671/
Morwytt671/
Marwahj671/
Marwash671/
Marwoha671/
Marhwai671/
Meerwah671/
Morweet671/
Mehrwai671/
Marwaai671/
Mourbai671/
Mourbha671/
Marwaid671/
Marwatt671/
Morweis670/
Morwetz670/
Morwoud670/
Morvatt670/
Morwist670/

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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 Morwa
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