Moai Surname
Approximately 19,354 people bear this surname
Moai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 18,985 | 1:816 | 218 |
| Indonesia | 237 | 1:558,013 | 44,900 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Moai (11,505) may also be a first name.
Moai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moai (Hindi: मोै, Marathi: मोसई) has its highest incidence in Cambodia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 27,789th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 376,540 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Moai reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 55,759th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 11,505 people.
The last name Moai is most frequent in Cambodia, where it is carried by 18,985 people, or 1 in 816. In Cambodia Moai is primarily found in: Kandal Province, where 12 percent reside, Phnom Penh, where 10 percent reside and Siem Reap Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Cambodia Moai exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moai in the Marathi language | ||
| मोसई | mosa'i | - |
| Moai in the Hindi language | ||
| मोै | moai | 43.42 |
| मौ | mau | 19.74 |
| मौ॰ | mau | 14.47 |
| मोै़ | moai | 13.16 |
| मॉै | moai | 1.32 |
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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 Moai
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