Moraeus Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Moraeus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moraeus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden831:118,6368,469
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Moraeus Last Name Facts

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

Moraeus is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Moraeus? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,020,555th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Moraeus live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Moraeus is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 118,636. In Sweden Moraeus is primarily concentrated in: Dalarna County, where 25 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 24 percent reside and Västernorrland County, where 12 percent reside. Barring Sweden it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moraeu922/
Morehous8086/
Morehaus801/
Moréus7714/
Moorehous7516/
Morehause752/
Mohrahaus751/
Moorehaus750/
Moreaju719/
Marejus712/
Moraios711/
Morejos711/
Moorhauuse711/
Moorehause711/
Moroeou710/
Moiraios671/
Marehause630/
Méréus621/
Meréus621/
Maréus621/
Marijus574/
Marajos574/
Maréjus571/
Morojos571/
Marrouus531/
Maruiusz531/

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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 Moraeus
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