Moira Surname
Approximately 1,054 people bear this surname
Moira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 502 | 1:1,528,019 | 57,155 |
| Greece | 347 | 1:31,930 | 4,959 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Pakistan | 26 | 1:6,870,919 | 39,117 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
Moira (61,598) may also be a first name.
Moira Demographics
Average Moira Salary in
England
£24,417
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Moira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moira (Arabic: مويرا, Georgian: მოირა, Hindi: मोइरा, Marathi: मोईरा, Russian: Моира) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Moira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 346,917th most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,914,180 people. The surname Moira occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Moira live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Moira is also the 15,532nd most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 61,598 people.
It is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 502 people, or 1 in 1,528,019. In India Moira is primarily concentrated in: West Bengal, where 51 percent reside, Gujarat, where 31 percent reside and Assam, where 15 percent reside. Excluding India this surname exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 33 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Moira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Moira has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Moira surname increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moira Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Moira earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 43.09% less than the national average, earning R 135,240 per year and in Colombia they earn 18.38% less than the national average, earning $18,530,400 COP per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moira in the Georgian language | ||
| მოირა | moira | - |
| Moira in the Hindi language | ||
| मोइरा | mo'ira | 80 |
| मोईरा | mo'ira | 20 |
| Moira in the Marathi language | ||
| मोईरा | mo'ira | 75 |
| मोरे | more | 16.67 |
| मोइरा | mo'ira | 8.33 |
| Moira in the Russian language | ||
| Моира | moira | - |
| Moira in the Arabic language | ||
| مويرا | mwyra | - |
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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 Moira
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