Moories Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Moories Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Moories Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moories Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moories is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Moories.
How Common Is The Last Name Moories? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Moories reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Not including South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.
Moories Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Moories has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Moories last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Moories
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