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 surname Moay is found in Cambodia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Moay.
How Common Is The Last Name Moay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 581,222nd most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. The surname Moay occurs predominantly 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 common given name at a global level. It is borne by 627 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cambodia, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 44,632. In Cambodia Moay is most common in: Takéo Province, where 22 percent are found, Phnom Penh, where 16 percent are found and Battambang Province, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Cambodia Moay occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.
Moay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Moay has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 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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