Moriah Forename
61,669th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 9,899 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel
Moriah Forename Definition:
Mo-ry'-ah, bitterness or fear of the Lord. A mountain on which Abraham was going to offer his son, and on which the temple of Solomon was afterwards built 2. Chron. iii. 1.
Moriah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 100% | 5,957 | 1:1,411 | 308 |
| United States | 100% | 2,855 | 1:126,983 | 5,246 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 212 | 1:837,568 | 22,222 |
| Malawi | 100% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Liberia | 100% | 164 | 1:26,903 | 1,704 |
| Canada | 100% | 69 | 1:480,194 | 12,850 |
| Zambia | - | 65 | 1:243,920 | 7,815 |
| Brazil | - | 62 | 1:3,455,422 | 61,069 |
| Zimbabwe | 93% | 45 | 1:342,751 | 17,604 |
| Afghanistan | 98% | 39 | 1:836,500 | 11,153 |
| Philippines | 100% | 27 | 1:3,926,277 | 72,833 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 21 | 1:1,449,997 | 46,053 |
| Indonesia | - | 21 | 1:12,283,984 | 367,223 |
| Thailand | 100% | 19 | 1:3,687,674 | 78,779 |
| England | 68% | 15 | 1:3,706,861 | 37,754 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 11 | 1:123,765 | 7,962 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 9 | 1:64,551 | 3,816 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88% | 9 | 1:905,813 | 63,479 |
| Jamaica | - | 9 | 1:320,359 | 9,892 |
| Uganda | 100% | 6 | 1:6,826,153 | 53,479 |
| India | 100% | 6 | 1:202,479,662 | 2,100,642 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Australia | - | 4 | 1:3,414,406 | 25,298 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Congo | 50% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| South Africa | 63% | 1 | 1:54,532,649 | 471,300 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Germany | - | 1 | 1:96,677,876 | 95,912 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
The alternate forms: Moriáh (1) are calculated separately.
Moriah (651) may also be a surname.
Moriah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mo-ry'-ah, bitterness or fear of the Lord. A mountain on which Abraham was going to offer his son, and on which the temple of Solomon was afterwards built 2. Chron. iii. 1.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: my teacher is Jah: seen of Jah.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Moriah Forename Popularity
Moriah Demographics
Moriah Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 32 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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