Moita Surname
Approximately 10,592 people bear this surname
Moita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 4,218 | 1:2,470 | 340 |
| Angola | 2,366 | 1:11,407 | 1,401 |
| Brazil | 2,273 | 1:94,181 | 3,558 |
| Tanzania | 365 | 1:145,046 | 13,249 |
| France | 281 | 1:236,380 | 36,629 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Kenya | 203 | 1:227,487 | 15,979 |
| Indonesia | 143 | 1:924,820 | 68,783 |
| Uganda | 127 | 1:307,396 | 21,163 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98 | 1:83,201 | 11,009 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Argentina | 39 | 1:1,095,985 | 66,746 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Iceland | 27 | 1:14,077 | 1,243 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 1:88,712 | 2,936 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
The alternate forms: Moïta (388) are calculated separately.
Moita (283) may also be a first name.
Moita Demographics
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Moita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moita Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moita (Bengali: মুইত, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻳﺘﺎ, Hindi: मोइता, Oriya: େମାଇତା) is more commonly found in Portugal than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Moïta. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moita? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 48,650th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 688,024 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Moita reside; 40 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 40 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 526,385th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 283 people.
The surname Moita is most commonly used in Portugal, where it is held by 4,218 people, or 1 in 2,470. Without taking into account Portugal this last name occurs in 43 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 22 percent live and Brazil, where 21 percent live.
Moita Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Moita surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered with the political party.
The amount Moita earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 150.71% more than the national average, earning R 595,776 per year; in United States they earn 45.95% more than the national average, earning $62,975 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.53% less than the national average, earning $46,936 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moita in the Bengali language | ||
| মুইত | mu'ita | - |
| Moita in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାଇତା | ema'ita | - |
| Moita in the Hindi language | ||
| मोइता | mo'ita | 57.14 |
| मोईता | mo'ita | 28.57 |
| मोित | moita | 14.29 |
| Moita in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻳﺘﺎ | mwyta | 50 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺔ | amyt | 50 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Moita
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