Moraitis Surname
Approximately 7,004 people bear this surname
Moraitis Surname User-submission:
This surname derives from the word moraitis, which means 'Peloponnese'.
Moraitis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 5,651 | 1:1,961 | 121 |
| United States | 606 | 1:598,117 | 48,731 |
| Australia | 297 | 1:90,895 | 10,420 |
| Canada | 108 | 1:341,163 | 30,982 |
| South Africa | 74 | 1:732,131 | 51,520 |
| France | 62 | 1:1,071,334 | 116,831 |
| Germany | 48 | 1:1,677,197 | 97,745 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Moraïtis (4) are calculated separately.
Moraitis Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname derives from the word moraitis, which means 'Peloponnese'.
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Average Moraitis Salary in
United States
$52,766 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moraitis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moraitis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moraitis is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Moraïtis. Click here to see other possible spellings of Moraitis.
How Common Is The Last Name Moraitis? popularity and diffusion
Moraitis is the 70,571st most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,040,483 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Moraitis live; 81 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 5,651 people, or 1 in 1,961. In Greece Moraitis is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 42 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 11 percent are found and Central Greece, where 10 percent are found. Not including Greece it occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.
Moraitis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Moraitis has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Moraitis last name grew 4,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moraitis Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Moraitis are 5.83% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 59.06% registered with the political party.
The amount Moraitis earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 363.23% more than the national average, earning R 1,100,800 per year; in United States they earn 22.29% more than the national average, earning $52,766 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.47% more than the national average, earning $51,408 CAD 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
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