Moorish Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Moorish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Moorish Demographics
Average Moorish Salary in
United States
$165,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moorish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moorish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moorish is found most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Moorish.
How Common Is The Last Name Moorish? popularity and diffusion
Moorish is the 5,391,485th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Moorish occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Moorish live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Moorish is most common in: Georgia, where 25 percent are found, Maine, where 25 percent are found and California, where 13 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent are found and Jamaica, where 8 percent are found.
Moorish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Moorish has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Moorish last name grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moorish Last Name Statistics demography
Moorish earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 282.4% more than the national average, earning $165,000 USD per year.
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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 Moorish
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