Moraru Surname

13,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Moraru Surname User-submission:

Morar or Moraru is a surname, which derives from morar, meaning 'miller' in Romanian, which was bared by many families in the milling profession.

Moraru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania27,9861:71793
Moldova9,1021:39119
Spain9401:49,7364,668
Russia7881:182,89720,447
Ukraine5361:84,93012,159
United States3491:1,038,56476,174
Portugal1891:55,1233,035
Canada1861:198,09519,415
Italy1681:364,02842,469
France1471:451,85564,822
Germany1111:725,27454,868
Transnistria901:5,274935
England701:795,97243,050
Greece451:246,21837,554
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Belgium331:348,38338,592
Netherlands331:511,73348,115
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Austria221:387,06540,442
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Kazakhstan181:982,36158,740
Belarus171:558,88650,306
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Norway141:367,30634,015
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Latvia81:256,25623,728
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Cyprus51:176,9758,389
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

The alternate forms: Moráru (4) are calculated separately.

Moraru (16) may also be a first name.

Moraru Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Morar or Moraru is a surname, which derives from morar, meaning 'miller' in Romanian, which was bared by many families in the milling profession.

- ayeathelas

A typical Romanian name, which is to be found all over Romania. Moraru means 'miller' in informal Romanian.

- ellis

This surname means 'miller' in Romanian.

- deleted-173293

This surname means 'miller' in Romanian.

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Moraru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Moraru (Arabic: مورارو, Georgian: მორარუ, Marathi: मोरारू, Russian: Морару) has its highest incidence in Romania. It can also occur as a variant: Moráru. Click here for other possible spellings of Moraru.

How Common Is The Last Name Moraru? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 13,568th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 177,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Moraru live; 93 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in Romanian Europe. Moraru is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 16 people.

The surname Moraru is most prevalent in Romania, where it is borne by 27,986 people, or 1 in 717. In Romania Moraru is mostly concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 8 percent are found, Iași County, where 8 percent are found and Vaslui County, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Romania this last name is found in 58 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 22 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.

Moraru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Moraru surname is primarily Orthodox (95%) in Russia and Orthodox (96%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Moraru surname are 4.83% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.06% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Moraru earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 71.7% less than the national average, earning €8,498 per year; in Norway they earn 17.8% less than the national average, earning 284,494 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.56% less than the national average, earning $39,456 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.99% less than the national average, earning $49,193 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moráru944/
Morarou9230/
Morarus926/
Morarut922/
Morarui922/
Morasru921/
Morarau921/
Mourarou8650/
Mourareu864/
Muraru836,018/
Mararu83326/
Meraru83124/
Mororu837/
Moreru831/
Măraru831/
Murarus7768/
Morerau7710/
Maraeru777/
Morăruş774/
Murarau773/
Margaru772/
Mararus772/
Murarru772/
Meeraru771/
Mororui771/
Moureru771/
Mararheu7126/
Moerouru712/
Muororou711/
Mereru67608/
Mororó6778/
Mareru6727/
Maroru673/
Mahararou671/
Mhararzou671/
Moroutrou671/
Mareiru621/
Murăruș621/
Murăruş621/
Mororoe620/
Margarou5711/
Moreirão571/
Matrooru571/
Marourou571/
Mhararoe571/
Murărețu571/
Matrourou531/

Moraru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Moraru in the Georgian language
მორარუmoraru-
Moraru in the Marathi language
मोरारूmoraru-
Moraru in the Russian language
Мораруmoraru-
Moraru in the Arabic language
موراروmwrarw-

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