Moitiño Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Moitiño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moitiño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay1361:25,2342,945
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

The alternate forms: Moitino (23) are calculated separately.

Moitiño Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Moitiño Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Moitiño is more frequently found in Uruguay than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Moitino. For other potential spellings of Moitiño click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moitiño? popularity and diffusion

Moitiño is the 1,428,594th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Moitiño occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Moitiño reside; 95 percent reside in South America and 95 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

This surname is most commonly held in Uruguay, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 25,234. In Uruguay it is mostly found in: Montevideo Department, where 34 percent reside, Cerro Largo Department, where 27 percent reside and Soriano Department, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Uruguay this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 5 percent reside and Spain, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moitino9523/
Motiño92317/
Moutiño868/
Moytiño868/
Muitiño863/
Moitinho803,278/
Motino77329/
Mitino7735/
Matiño7717/
Moittinho752/
Moititnho751/
Moitinhos751/
Moitinhio751/
Mittino71654/
Motingo71495/
Mottino71425/
Maitino71320/
Motinho7192/
Mitinot7118/
Mitinio718/
Motinoh714/
Moutino713/
Motinos711/
Mitingo711/
Mitinoi711/
Moutinho6719,251/
Moutinou671,361/
Moitinha67156/
Muitinho6720/
Mostinho674/
Moutinot674/
Moetinho672/
Maitinho672/
Maitinio671/
Mitingou671/
Mottinho671/
Miotinho671/

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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 Moitiño
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