Mo Surname
Approximately 2,791,493 people bear this surname
Mo Surname User-submission:
Mo is an English translation of 巫, if originated from Hong Kong because 巫 sounds Mo (məʊ) in Cantonese, the language used by Hong Kong people. 巫 refers to spirit mediums who have practiced divination, prayer, sacrifice, rainmaking, and healing in Chinese traditions dating back over 3,000 years.
Read More About This SurnameMo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 2,508,035 | 1:545 | 90 |
| India | 139,774 | 1:5,488 | 487 |
| Myanmar | 42,135 | 1:1,233 | 115 |
| South Korea | 22,018 | 1:2,327 | 72 |
| Guatemala | 13,409 | 1:1,199 | 212 |
| Egypt | 10,312 | 1:8,915 | 1,095 |
| Hong Kong | 10,022 | 1:732 | 96 |
| Taiwan | 5,527 | 1:4,242 | 122 |
| Thailand | 5,014 | 1:14,088 | 980 |
| Libya | 4,683 | 1:1,333 | 372 |
| United States | 4,328 | 1:83,747 | 9,489 |
| Vietnam | 4,094 | 1:22,630 | 399 |
| Bhutan | 2,221 | 1:277 | 53 |
| Norway | 1,676 | 1:3,068 | 278 |
| Iran | 1,514 | 1:50,715 | 5,643 |
| Singapore | 1,382 | 1:3,985 | 295 |
| Canada | 1,151 | 1:32,012 | 4,156 |
| Morocco | 1,125 | 1:30,645 | 4,894 |
| England | 1,008 | 1:55,276 | 6,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | 942 | 1:9,726 | 1,222 |
| Malaysia | 904 | 1:32,626 | 2,760 |
| Cambodia | 870 | 1:17,801 | 1,233 |
| Australia | 830 | 1:32,525 | 4,307 |
| Italy | 803 | 1:76,160 | 13,382 |
| Macau | 702 | 1:857 | 140 |
| Nigeria | 639 | 1:277,219 | 15,707 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| France | 436 | 1:152,346 | 23,645 |
| Pakistan | 368 | 1:485,445 | 8,465 |
| Indonesia | 356 | 1:371,486 | 31,844 |
| Brazil | 295 | 1:725,676 | 26,554 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Spain | 263 | 1:177,764 | 12,592 |
| Afghanistan | 256 | 1:125,598 | 2,937 |
| Dominican Republic | 239 | 1:43,652 | 2,309 |
| Argentina | 234 | 1:182,664 | 15,286 |
| Portugal | 208 | 1:50,088 | 2,835 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Papua New Guinea | 155 | 1:52,605 | 6,626 |
| Japan | 143 | 1:894,016 | 19,051 |
| Netherlands | 135 | 1:125,090 | 19,566 |
| Cameroon | 125 | 1:166,153 | 17,852 |
| South Africa | 122 | 1:444,080 | 37,713 |
| Germany | 121 | 1:665,334 | 51,734 |
| Mexico | 116 | 1:1,070,053 | 13,627 |
| Panama | 113 | 1:34,622 | 1,928 |
| Burkina Faso | 112 | 1:163,858 | 3,993 |
| Venezuela | 104 | 1:290,424 | 6,783 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Sweden | 101 | 1:97,493 | 7,084 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Qatar | 78 | 1:30,231 | 3,215 |
| New Zealand | 69 | 1:65,628 | 10,016 |
| Kenya | 67 | 1:689,252 | 29,975 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Scotland | 62 | 1:86,352 | 6,198 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Philippines | 49 | 1:2,066,086 | 120,732 |
| Belize | 47 | 1:7,563 | 1,131 |
| Wales | 40 | 1:77,363 | 6,557 |
| Liberia | 39 | 1:113,039 | 8,770 |
| Denmark | 38 | 1:148,545 | 13,026 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Ivory Coast | 33 | 1:699,128 | 19,606 |
| Ecuador | 30 | 1:530,195 | 11,121 |
| Ireland | 26 | 1:181,113 | 7,791 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Nepal | 23 | 1:1,238,302 | 6,632 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Uruguay | 18 | 1:190,653 | 15,539 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1:281,181 | 3,072 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Gambia | 16 | 1:120,216 | 304 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Tonga | 9 | 1:11,924 | 307 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nauru | 1 | 1:11,879 | 452 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 1:1,619,958 | 85,073 |
The alternate forms: Mó (78), Mô (29) & Mò (2) are calculated separately.
Mo (3,053,233) may also be a first name.
Mo Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Mo is an English translation of 巫, if originated from Hong Kong because 巫 sounds Mo (məʊ) in Cantonese, the language used by Hong Kong people. 巫 refers to spirit mediums who have practiced divination, prayer, sacrifice, rainmaking, and healing in Chinese traditions dating back over 3,000 years.
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Mo Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Mo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮ, Hindi: मो, Marathi: मो, Oriya: େମା, Tibetan: མོ།) is found in China more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Mó, Mô or Mò. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mo? popularity and diffusion
Mo is the 193rd most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,611 people. The last name Mo occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Mo live; 91 percent live in East Asia and 90 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 159th most commonly used forename in the world. It is borne by 3,053,233 people.
Mo is most commonly used in China, where it is held by 2,508,035 people, or 1 in 545. Outside of China this surname occurs in 156 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent are found and Myanmar, where 2 percent are found.
Mo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mo last name increased 13,961 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Muslim (99%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Mo surname are 18.4% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.63% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 13% less than the national average, earning €26,126 per year; in Norway they earn 0.47% less than the national average, earning 344,454 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 81.8% less than the national average, earning R 43,248 per year; in Vietnam they earn 32.49% less than the national average, earning 55,656,600 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 11.75% more than the national average, earning $48,219 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.44% more than the national average, earning $52,882 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mó | 83 | 78 | / |
| Mô | 83 | 29 | / |
| Mò | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mou | 80 | 1,415,785 | / |
| Moh | 80 | 231,837 | / |
| Moi | 80 | 73,528 | / |
| Moo | 80 | 41,989 | / |
| Moy | 80 | 36,869 | / |
| Moa | 80 | 21,480 | / |
| Moz | 80 | 16,584 | / |
| Mot | 80 | 14,869 | / |
| Mos | 80 | 9,490 | / |
| Moj | 80 | 1,778 | / |
| Muo | 80 | 1,688 | / |
| Mod | 80 | 1,657 | / |
| Mho | 80 | 630 | / |
| Moß | 80 | 582 | / |
| Moţ | 80 | 496 | / |
| Moț | 80 | 359 | / |
| Mop | 80 | 322 | / |
| Hmo | 80 | 255 | / |
| Moş | 80 | 181 | / |
| Mmo | 80 | 87 | / |
| Mgo | 80 | 80 | / |
| Moğ | 80 | 52 | / |
| Moș | 80 | 49 | / |
| Moš | 80 | 40 | / |
| Åmo | 80 | 38 | / |
| Moľ | 80 | 19 | / |
| Moś | 80 | 14 | / |
| Moï | 80 | 4 | / |
| Moë | 80 | 2 | / |
| Moá | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moç | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moû | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moč | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moss | 67 | 166,948 | / |
| Mott | 67 | 33,665 | / |
| Mohy | 67 | 31,761 | / |
| Moos | 67 | 18,209 | / |
| Mout | 67 | 9,138 | / |
| Most | 67 | 8,793 | / |
| Mood | 67 | 7,478 | / |
| Moiz | 67 | 7,449 | / |
| Moch | 67 | 6,293 | / |
| Mous | 67 | 5,339 | / |
| Moud | 67 | 5,113 | / |
| Mooe | 67 | 3,612 | / |
| Muoz | 67 | 3,562 | / |
| Mooy | 67 | 3,558 | / |
| Mois | 67 | 3,477 | / |
| Moid | 67 | 3,073 | / |
| Mouh | 67 | 2,824 | / |
| Moit | 67 | 2,806 | / |
| Mgoo | 67 | 1,841 | / |
| Moij | 67 | 1,723 | / |
| Moot | 67 | 1,125 | / |
| Muoa | 67 | 1,071 | / |
| Modh | 67 | 902 | / |
| Mohd | 67 | 849 | / |
| Moyd | 67 | 745 | / |
| Mooz | 67 | 678 | / |
| Mopp | 67 | 650 | / |
| Mosh | 67 | 601 | / |
| Moys | 67 | 558 | / |
| Mohu | 67 | 556 | / |
| Moux | 67 | 438 | / |
| Mmuo | 67 | 414 | / |
| Hmod | 67 | 385 | / |
| Mooa | 67 | 337 | / |
| Mouz | 67 | 288 | / |
| Mots | 67 | 280 | / |
| Moih | 67 | 263 | / |
| Mgoi | 67 | 253 | / |
| Mhod | 67 | 242 | / |
| Moiş | 67 | 224 | / |
| Modd | 67 | 222 | / |
| Mozz | 67 | 202 | / |
| Åmot | 67 | 179 | / |
| Mhou | 67 | 168 | / |
| Moiy | 67 | 162 | / |
| Mmoh | 67 | 162 | / |
| 'Mou | 67 | 148 | / |
| Muos | 67 | 128 | / |
| Moës | 67 | 123 | / |
| Muot | 67 | 119 | / |
| Moiș | 67 | 118 | / |
| Moyt | 67 | 115 | / |
| Mocz | 67 | 115 | / |
| Mmoa | 67 | 91 | / |
| Mojš | 67 | 84 | / |
| Mhoa | 67 | 61 | / |
| Muoe | 67 | 53 | / |
| Moyp | 67 | 35 | / |
| Muoy | 67 | 34 | / |
| Moip | 67 | 28 | / |
| Mmoi | 67 | 24 | / |
| Moup | 67 | 21 | / |
| Muod | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mmou | 67 | 17 | / |
| Moop | 67 | 17 | / |
| Hmoz | 67 | 17 | / |
| M'Mo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Moås | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mgou | 67 | 13 | / |
| Modz | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mosd | 67 | 13 | / |
| Moph | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mohh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mojj | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mhoi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Hmoa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Håmo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hmot | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mgoy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mouë | 67 | 8 | / |
| Modt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hmos | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moët | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moïs | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moța | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moëd | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hmoo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mosp | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mods | 67 | 5 | / |
| Moyš | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mooj | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mhoo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mhoh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mojh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mojt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Motd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hmou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mmoo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moîs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Modì | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muop | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mmoj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mhoj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mohp | 67 | 2 | / |
| M'Ou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moyj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moyz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Motp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mo'd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hmmo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hmoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Motė | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moïa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mooß | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moić | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mo'e | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| 'Mos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mozp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mobp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hmgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hmoj | 67 | 1 | / |
Mo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mo in the Oriya language | ||
| େମା | ema | - |
| Mo in the Tibetan language | ||
| མོ། | mo | 98 |
| མོ་ | mo | 1.2 |
| དབངམོ་ | wangmo | 0.27 |
| དམངམོ་ | mangmo | 0.13 |
| དབངམོ། | wangmo | 0.13 |
| མོ | mo | 0.13 |
| མདོ་ | do | 0.13 |
| Mo in the Marathi language | ||
| मो | mo | 96.07 |
| मोह | moha | 3.57 |
| मॉ | mo | 0.29 |
| ़मो | mo | 0.04 |
| ््मो | mo | 0.02 |
| मो़ | mo | 0.01 |
| Mo in the Hindi language | ||
| मो | mo | 94.58 |
| मो़ | mo | 1.29 |
| मो॰ | mo | 1.28 |
| मु | mu | 0.1 |
| मो़़ | mo | 0.01 |
| मो् | mo | 0.01 |
| मॉ् | mo | 0 |
| मो़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़ | mo | 0 |
| मोऄ़ | mo | 0 |
| मो़़़़़़़़़़ | mo | 0 |
| मो़् | mo | 0 |
| ्मो | mo | 0 |
| ़मो॰ | mo | 0 |
| मो॰॰ | mo | 0 |
| मो़़़ | mo | 0 |
| मो॰़ | mo | 0 |
| मो़॰ | mo | 0 |
| मोऄ | mo | 0 |
| ़मो | mo | 0 |
| मा | ma | 0 |
| डा | da | 0 |
| मॊ | mo | 0 |
| मॉ | mo | 0 |
| Mo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮ | mw | 50 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪ | mhmd | 50 |
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