Moosa Surname
Approximately 63,586 people bear this surname
Moosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 23,359 | 1:7,648 | 626 |
| Maldives | 10,614 | 1:38 | 9 |
| South Africa | 9,423 | 1:5,750 | 731 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,214 | 1:7,322 | 1,030 |
| India | 2,955 | 1:259,582 | 14,958 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,831 | 1:3,236 | 410 |
| Oman | 2,218 | 1:1,663 | 240 |
| Bahrain | 1,425 | 1:946 | 112 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,169 | 1:17,800 | 2,457 |
| Egypt | 1,068 | 1:86,082 | 7,577 |
| England | 809 | 1:68,873 | 7,956 |
| United States | 583 | 1:621,713 | 50,239 |
| Qatar | 509 | 1:4,633 | 481 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Kuwait | 357 | 1:10,646 | 1,481 |
| Canada | 279 | 1:132,063 | 13,716 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Zambia | 138 | 1:114,855 | 8,864 |
| Hong Kong | 127 | 1:57,760 | 1,031 |
| Mauritius | 107 | 1:12,088 | 2,629 |
| Thailand | 101 | 1:699,390 | 116,161 |
| Iraq | 94 | 1:372,571 | 6,843 |
| Zimbabwe | 64 | 1:241,222 | 26,284 |
| Australia | 64 | 1:421,808 | 33,593 |
| Lesotho | 60 | 1:33,876 | 6,160 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| Seychelles | 35 | 1:2,640 | 506 |
| Yemen | 34 | 1:777,215 | 11,207 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Jordan | 9 | 1:982,493 | 16,126 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Moosa (37,312) may also be a first name.
Moosa Demographics
Average Moosa Salary in
United States
$54,330 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moosa (Dhivehi: މޫސ, Hindi: मूसा, Marathi: मोसा, Oriya: ମୂଷା, Russian: Мооса) is found most in Pakistan. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moosa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,913th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 114,609 people. The last name Moosa is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Moosa are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 55 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 23,539th most widespread given name on earth. It is borne by 37,312 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 23,359 people, or 1 in 7,648. In Pakistan Moosa is primarily concentrated in: Sindh, where 90 percent reside, Balochistan, where 4 percent reside and Punjab, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan this last name is found in 74 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 15 percent reside.
Moosa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Moosa has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Moosa surname grew 26,967 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 29,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Moosa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Moosa surname are 18.83% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72.06% registered with the political party.
The amount Moosa earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 44.46% more than the national average, earning R 343,284 per year; in United States they earn 25.91% more than the national average, earning $54,330 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.39% more than the national average, earning $62,298 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moosa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moosa in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୂଷା | musa | - |
| Moosa in the Hindi language | ||
| मूसा | musa | 99.01 |
| मुसा | musa | 0.99 |
| Moosa in the Marathi language | ||
| मोसा | mosa | 90 |
| मोस | mosa | 10 |
| Moosa in the Dhivehi language | ||
| މޫސ | mus | 84.62 |
| ްމޫސާ | musa | 5.59 |
| ުމޫސާ | umusa | 2.1 |
| މޫސާ | musa | 2.1 |
| އަނީސާ | anisa | 1.4 |
| Moosa in the Russian language | ||
| Мооса | moosa | - |
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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 Moosa
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