Maoria Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Maoria Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maoria Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
France11:66,422,722504,397
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maoria (241) may also be a first name.

Maoria Last Name Facts

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

Maoria has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maoria? popularity and diffusion

The surname Maoria is the 4,307,654th most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Maoria reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 575,894th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 241 people.

The last name Maoria is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea Maoria is mostly found in: Madang, where 61 percent are found, Morobe, where 33 percent are found and Bougainville, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent are found and Lesotho, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mayoria92140/
Majoria9291/
Mahoria9268/
Maeoria927/
Maouria924/
Maioria922/
Mhaoria921/
Maehoria861/
Maorya83134/
Moaria832/
Maorio831/
Maoriha'a801/
Moharia7755/
Maourya7751/
Mohuria7729/
Maearia7718/
Mohoria7715/
Mayorja776/
Mahorya775/
Mayoría774/
Moarias771/
Mahorea771/
Moariad771/
Mouaria771/
Maoryaa771/
Mayorya771/
Maiyuria7167/
Mohurija713/
Mahourya711/
Maeuuria711/
Mouasria711/
Moarya6721/

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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 Maoria
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