Mooks Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mooks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mooks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Mooks (12) may also be a first name.

Mooks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mooks occurs in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Mooks click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mooks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Mooks occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Mooks live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mooks is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Botswana, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 2,186,929. Excluding Botswana it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 33 percent live and South Africa, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moks89520/
Mocks8065/
Moksh8013/
Mokse807/
Moeks802/
Mokhs802/
Moogs802/
Mookz801/
Mokcs801/
Mouks800/
Moiks800/
Moecks7312/
Mokshe737/
Modkse734/
Moicks732/
Moucks731/
Moikse731/
Moksch731/
Maks672,219/
Muks67162/
Mogs6727/
Moqs6712/
Moksova679/
Mocksch678/
Moksová674/
Moxs672/
Mõks671/
Mokś671/
Mokz671/
McKs670/

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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 Mooks
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