Moretti Surname
Approximately 100,228 people bear this surname
Moretti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 66,622 | 1:918 | 23 |
| Brazil | 12,982 | 1:16,490 | 829 |
| United States | 5,443 | 1:66,592 | 7,768 |
| Argentina | 5,272 | 1:8,108 | 803 |
| France | 4,120 | 1:16,122 | 1,728 |
| Australia | 791 | 1:34,129 | 4,498 |
| Canada | 754 | 1:48,867 | 5,930 |
| Switzerland | 609 | 1:13,486 | 2,227 |
| Peru | 595 | 1:53,419 | 4,436 |
| England | 301 | 1:185,110 | 16,566 |
| Germany | 279 | 1:288,550 | 29,983 |
| Russia | 265 | 1:543,861 | 49,148 |
| Venezuela | 221 | 1:136,670 | 4,382 |
| Spain | 191 | 1:244,775 | 15,782 |
| Chile | 179 | 1:98,416 | 3,719 |
| Uruguay | 143 | 1:23,998 | 2,805 |
| San Marino | 125 | 1:266 | 66 |
| Belgium | 119 | 1:96,610 | 14,836 |
| Luxembourg | 119 | 1:4,879 | 696 |
| South Africa | 117 | 1:463,057 | 38,677 |
| Dominican Republic | 108 | 1:96,601 | 4,209 |
| Austria | 104 | 1:81,879 | 12,272 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 1:337,744 | 38,500 |
| Croatia | 45 | 1:93,969 | 15,353 |
| Scotland | 45 | 1:118,974 | 7,657 |
| Ecuador | 42 | 1:378,711 | 9,777 |
| New Zealand | 40 | 1:113,208 | 14,508 |
| Greece | 38 | 1:291,573 | 42,990 |
| Sweden | 38 | 1:259,125 | 17,909 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Slovenia | 29 | 1:85,782 | 10,816 |
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Colombia | 20 | 1:2,388,704 | 13,197 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Hungary | 18 | 1:545,349 | 33,535 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Paraguay | 13 | 1:556,673 | 7,036 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Monaco | 10 | 1:3,707 | 328 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Morettí (1) are calculated separately.
Moretti (1,297) may also be a first name.
Moretti Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian) Same as Morelli, q.v.
User-submitted Reference
This surname originated from Jewish Immigrants to Italia in 1500s. The travelers had to choose a surname, so they mixed some Italian words with Jewish words and names. With this mix, they created names that translate to 'dark haired', although they wanted to mean 'dark skinned workers', since they didn't have much knowledge about the language. Some of this names were Moretti, Mordoue, Mordoy, Morita, Moriyadi, Moriyada, Morit, among others.
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Moretti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moretti Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moretti (Russian: Моретти) occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Morettí. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moretti? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moretti is the 5,640th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 72,710 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Moretti live; 67 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 67 percent live in Italic Europe. Moretti is also the 218,571st most commonly used first name globally, held by 1,297 people.
The surname Moretti is most widely held in Italy, where it is carried by 66,622 people, or 1 in 918. In Italy Moretti is primarily found in: Lombardy, where 27 percent are found, Lazio, where 17 percent are found and Tuscany, where 10 percent are found. Other than Italy this surname occurs in 100 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Moretti Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Moretti has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 28,647 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 3,010 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moretti Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Moretti last name is chiefly Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Moretti surname are 0.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.4% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Moretti earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 10.87% less than the national average, earning €26,765 per year; in Peru they earn 31.37% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,466 per year; in South Africa they earn 71.86% more than the national average, earning R 408,408 per year; in Colombia they earn 41% more than the national average, earning $32,009,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.5% more than the national average, earning $49,405 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.79% more than the national average, earning $61,006 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moretti Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moretti in the Russian language | ||
| Моретти | moretti | - |
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Footnotes
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