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 surname Moriah is borne by more people in Israel than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moriah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moriah is the 504,389th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,194,387 people. Moriah occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Moriah are found; 33 percent are found in West Asia and 32 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Moriah is also the 61,669th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 9,899 people.
The last name Moriah is most numerous in Israel, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 40,751. In Israel it is mostly found in: Tel Aviv District, where 30 percent reside, Central District, where 26 percent reside and Judea and Samaria Area, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Israel it exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Guyana, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.
Moriah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Moriah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 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 with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the 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
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