Mordechai Surname

998,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Mordechai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mordechai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1431:2,534,678154,329
Israel431:199,01519,367
Greece371:299,45443,754
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

Mordechai (3,581) may also be a first name.

Mordechai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mordechai is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mordechai? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 998,609th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Mordechai are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Mordechai is also the 118,294th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 3,581 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 2,534,678. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 72 percent live, Florida, where 15 percent live and California, where 3 percent live. Other than The United States it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 17 percent live and Greece, where 14 percent live.

Mordechai Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mordechai last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

The amount Mordechai earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 15.49% more than the national average, earning $49,833 USD per year and in Canada they earn 55.25% more than the national average, earning $77,132 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
  • 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 Mordechai
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