Moffitt Surname
Approximately 17,436 people bear this surname
Moffitt Surname Definition:
(Celtic) belonging to Moffat (S.Scot.), 13th cent. Moffete [its situation is said to make probable the etymology of Gaelic magh, a plain + fada, long]
Moffitt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,600 | 1:26,651 | 3,341 |
| Australia | 1,255 | 1:21,511 | 2,983 |
| England | 825 | 1:67,537 | 7,818 |
| Canada | 555 | 1:66,388 | 7,685 |
| New Zealand | 538 | 1:8,417 | 1,447 |
| Northern Ireland | 204 | 1:9,044 | 1,474 |
| Ireland | 148 | 1:31,817 | 2,743 |
| South Africa | 113 | 1:479,449 | 39,619 |
| Isle of Man | 51 | 1:1,683 | 305 |
| Scotland | 50 | 1:107,076 | 7,147 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Belize | 4 | 1:88,868 | 3,294 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 476 | 1:9,306 | 1,367 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 481 | 1:50,676 | 6,161 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,199 | 1:22,837 | 2,865 |
Moffitt (38) may also be a first name.
Moffitt Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) belonging to Moffat (S.Scot.), 13th cent. Moffete [its situation is said to make probable the etymology of Gaelic magh, a plain + fada, long]
(Scottish) One who came from Moffatt (long plain), in Dumfriesshire.
Moffitt Demographics
Moffitt Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Moffitt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moffitt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moffitt (Russian: Моффитт) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moffitt? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 30,621st most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 417,960 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Moffitt live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 38 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 13,600 people, or 1 in 26,651. In The United States Moffitt is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 7 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.
Moffitt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Moffitt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Moffitt surname expanded 618 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 172 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 69 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moffitt Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (43%) in Ireland.
In The United States Moffitt are 18.24% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.01% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Moffitt earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 30.49% more than the national average, earning R 310,104 per year; in United States they earn 4.05% less than the national average, earning $41,403 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.56% more than the national average, earning $51,949 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moffitt Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moffitt in the Russian language | ||
| Моффитт | moffitt | - |
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Moffitt Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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