O'Morain Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

O'Morain Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Morain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland351:134,5416,387
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

O'Morain Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Morain Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name O'Morain occurs more in Ireland more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Morain? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,323,005th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname O'Morain occurs predominantly in Europe, where 106 percent of O'Morain reside; 106 percent reside in Northern Europe and 106 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name O'Morain is most frequently held in Ireland, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 134,541. In Ireland O'Morain is primarily concentrated in: Leinster, where 97 percent are found and Connaught, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Ireland this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

O'Morain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of O'Morain has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people bearing the O'Morain last name increased 3,500 percent between 1901 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 O'Morain
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