Moriah Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Moriah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 210 | 1:40,751 | 5,559 |
| Guyana | 159 | 1:4,794 | 847 |
| United States | 110 | 1:3,295,081 | 188,193 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Jamaica | 16 | 1:179,372 | 5,614 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Moriah (9,899) may also be a first name.
Moriah Demographics
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Moriah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moriah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moriah is found most in Israel. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moriah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 504,389th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,194,387 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Moriah reside; 33 percent reside in West Asia and 32 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. Moriah is also the 61,669th most frequently occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 9,899 people.
The surname Moriah is most numerous in Israel, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 40,751. In Israel Moriah is mostly found in: Tel Aviv District, where 30 percent are found, Central District, where 26 percent are found and Judea and Samaria Area, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Israel this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.
Moriah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Moriah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Moriah last name rose 11,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Moriah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Moriah surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Moriah earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 23.21% less than the national average, earning $33,135 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.12% more than the national average, earning $52,724 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 Moriah
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