Moay Surname
Approximately 540 people bear this surname
Moay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 347 | 1:44,632 | 1,759 |
| Philippines | 112 | 1:903,913 | 81,715 |
| Indonesia | 55 | 1:2,404,531 | 143,692 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Moay (627) may also be a first name.
Moay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moay occurs more in Cambodia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moay is the 581,222nd most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,495,455 people. Moay occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Moay live; 87 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Moay is also the 332,667th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 627 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cambodia, where it is held by 347 people, or 1 in 44,632. In Cambodia Moay is most frequent in: Takéo Province, where 22 percent are found, Phnom Penh, where 16 percent are found and Battambang Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Cambodia this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.
Moay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Moay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Moay last name contracted 40 percent between 1880 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
- 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 Moay
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