Morwabe Surname

471,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 711 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Morwabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morwabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya7111:64,9516,257

Morwabe (82) may also be a first name.

Morwabe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Morwabe is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Morwabe.

How Common Is The Last Name Morwabe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 471,721st most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,249,713 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Morwabe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Morwabe is also the 1,060,447th most frequently held given name internationally, held by 82 people.

Morwabe is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 711 people, or 1 in 64,951. In Kenya Morwabe is mostly concentrated in: Nyamira County, where 84 percent are found, Kisii County, where 10 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 1 percent are found.

Morwabe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marwabe862/
Morwave861/
Moruabe861/
Murwabe861/
Morbabe861/
Morwaba861/
Mourbabe801/
Morwebi7126/
Marwebe714/
Morwamphea714/
Marwahba6756/
Marwaiba671/
Morvavej671/
Marbabi5735/
Marbabai5311/
Muruabyd531/
Maruabaya503/
Muruampei501/

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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 Morwabe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis