Moorst Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Moorst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
Moorst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moorst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moorst is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moorst? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Moorst live; 71 percent live in Northern Europe and 71 percent live in British Isles.
The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Cheshire, where 63 percent are found and Merseyside, where 38 percent are found. Beside England Moorst is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 29 percent are found and Wales, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moors | 91 | 9,318 | / |
| Morst | 91 | 33 | / |
| Moorse | 83 | 388 | / |
| Morsth | 83 | 0 | / |
| Moorrs | 83 | 0 | / |
| Mors | 80 | 2,553 | / |
| Moorsse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Morse | 73 | 69,570 | / |
| Morss | 73 | 819 | / |
| Mohrs | 73 | 723 | / |
| Mours | 73 | 184 | / |
| Morsh | 73 | 125 | / |
| Morsø | 73 | 49 | / |
| Murst | 73 | 45 | / |
| Morrs | 73 | 43 | / |
| Moirs | 73 | 13 | / |
| Marst | 73 | 7 | / |
| Morsz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Moërs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Morså | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moyrs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Morsch | 67 | 4,469 | / |
| Morsse | 67 | 211 | / |
| Morshe | 67 | 54 | / |
| Mourse | 67 | 21 | / |
| Morrse | 67 | 5 | / |
| Morrss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Morshh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moutrs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mursht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhurst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moorce | 67 | 0 | / |
| Meurst | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Moorst
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