Moitas Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Moitas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 132 | 1:78,926 | 3,983 |
| Brazil | 75 | 1:2,854,324 | 84,307 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
Moitas (13) may also be a first name.
Moitas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moitas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moitas is carried by more people in Portugal than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moitas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,079,669th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Moitas are found; 61 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 61 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Portugal, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 78,926. Apart from Portugal this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 33 percent reside and Spain, where 3 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 Moitas
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