Moraya Surname
Approximately 538 people bear this surname
Moraya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 211 | 1:150,636 | 7,982 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| India | 100 | 1:7,670,654 | 164,164 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Moraya (177) may also be a first name.
Moraya Demographics
Moraya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Moraya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moraya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moraya (Hindi: मोरया, Marathi: मोरया, Oriya: େମାରୟା) is carried by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moraya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 582,776th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 13,545,624 people. The surname Moraya occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Moraya are found; 41 percent are found in South America and 39 percent are found in Andean South America. Moraya is also the 685,598th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 177 people.
The last name Moraya is most widely held in Peru, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 150,636. In Peru Moraya is mostly concentrated in: Lima Province, where 40 percent live, Apurímac Region, where 31 percent live and Ayacucho Region, where 16 percent live. Aside from Peru Moraya is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 30 percent live and India, where 19 percent live.
Moraya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Moraya last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Moraya earn somewhat less than the average income. In Peru they earn 10.69% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,312 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moraya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moraya in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାରୟା | emaraya | - |
| Moraya in the Hindi language | ||
| मोरया | moraya | 84.09 |
| मौर्य | maurya | 13.64 |
| मौर्या | maurya | 2.27 |
| Moraya in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरया | moraya | 71.83 |
| मोय | moya | 22.54 |
| मोराया | moraya | 2.82 |
| मोयर् | moyar | 2.82 |
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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 Moraya
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