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 is found in Angola more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Moises, Moisès, Moisês, Moísés, Moíses, Moïses, Moiseș or Moiseş. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moisés? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 41,402nd most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 577,735 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Moisés live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 7,805th most prevalent forename globally It is held by 133,525 people.
It is most frequent in Angola, where it is borne by 12,226 people, or 1 in 2,208. Barring Angola this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also common 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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