Moisés Surname
Approximately 12,614 people bear this surname
Moisés Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 12,226 | 1:2,208 | 380 |
| Brazil | 152 | 1:1,408,384 | 47,527 |
| Portugal | 151 | 1:68,995 | 3,598 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
The alternate forms: Moises (65,288), Moisès (4), Moisês (4), Moísés (1), Moíses (25), Moïses (5), Moiseș (5) & Moiseş (1) are calculated separately.
Moisés (133,525) may also be a first name.
Moisés Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moisés Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moisés occurs more in Angola more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Moises, Moisès, Moisês, Moísés, Moíses, Moïses, Moiseș or Moiseş. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moisés? popularity and diffusion
It is the 41,402nd most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 577,735 people. The last name Moisés occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Moisés are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 7,805th most widespread given name globally. It is borne by 133,525 people.
This surname is most widely held in Angola, where it is held by 12,226 people, or 1 in 2,208. Beside Angola this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Portugal, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Moisés
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