Moriarty Surname
Approximately 24,517 people bear this surname
Moriarty Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Sea-Right or Sea-True [Irish Muircheartach-muir, sea + the aspirated form of ceart, right, justice, true + the pers. suff. -ach]
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14,923 | 1:24,289 | 3,066 |
| Ireland | 3,404 | 1:1,383 | 280 |
| England | 2,511 | 1:22,190 | 3,104 |
| Australia | 1,524 | 1:17,714 | 2,484 |
| Canada | 906 | 1:40,668 | 5,067 |
| New Zealand | 346 | 1:13,088 | 2,276 |
| South Africa | 267 | 1:202,913 | 21,677 |
| Scotland | 138 | 1:38,796 | 3,683 |
| Wales | 109 | 1:28,390 | 2,914 |
| Thailand | 54 | 1:1,308,118 | 185,513 |
| Russia | 41 | 1:3,515,196 | 179,721 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Northern Ireland | 29 | 1:63,622 | 4,809 |
| Isle of Man | 29 | 1:2,959 | 610 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,773 | 1:1,597 | 304 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 321 | 1:75,936 | 8,295 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:92,260 | 4,121 |
| Guernsey | 7 | 1:4,665 | 827 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,255 | 1:22,270 | 2,795 |
Moriarty (29) may also be a first name.
Moriarty Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Sea-Right or Sea-True [Irish Muircheartach-muir, sea + the aspirated form of ceart, right, justice, true + the pers. suff. -ach]
Ó Muircheartaigh Of the same stock as the O’Donoghues and the O’Mahonys this sept has always been intimately asociated with Co. Kerry. IF 230; Map Kerry; Plate XXI
(Irish) Grandson of Muircheartach (expert navigator).
User-submitted Reference
From the County of Kerry in Ireland, Moriarty is a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muircheartaigh 'descendant of Muircheartach', a personal name composed of the elements muir 'sea' + ceardach 'skilled', i.e. 'skilled navigator'. A Meath and Monaghan name of the same form is Anglicized as Murtagh.
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Moriarty Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moriarty Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moriarty is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moriarty? popularity and diffusion
Moriarty is the 22,180th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 297,245 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Moriarty live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. Moriarty is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 29 people.
The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 14,923 people, or 1 in 24,289. In The United States it is mostly found in: Massachusetts, where 15 percent reside, New York, where 10 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Beside The United States Moriarty is found in 69 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 14 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.
Moriarty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Moriarty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Moriarty surname grew 662 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 123 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it grew 782 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 6,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 641 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moriarty Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Moriarty last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Moriarty last name are 2.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.81% registered with the political party.
The amount Moriarty earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 38.35% more than the national average, earning R 328,764 per year; in United States they earn 18.21% more than the national average, earning $51,006 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.59% more than the national average, earning $56,931 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moriearty | 94 | 86 | / |
| Moriartey | 94 | 52 | / |
| Morriarty | 94 | 23 | / |
| Moriarthy | 94 | 4 | / |
| Moriartay | 94 | 3 | / |
| Moriaarty | 94 | 1 | / |
| Moriartiy | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mouriarty | 94 | 0 | / |
| Moriarety | 94 | 0 | / |
| Moriarti | 88 | 126 | / |
| Morearty | 88 | 63 | / |
| Moriarta | 88 | 24 | / |
| Mariarty | 88 | 14 | / |
| Moriarte | 88 | 9 | / |
| Moriorty | 88 | 2 | / |
| Muriarty | 88 | 1 | / |
| Moryarty | 88 | 0 | / |
| Morriarti | 82 | 5 | / |
| Moriartis | 82 | 2 | / |
| Moreharty | 82 | 1 | / |
| Moriartee | 82 | 1 | / |
| Moriartes | 82 | 1 | / |
| Moriartui | 82 | 1 | / |
| Morriarte | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mariartty | 82 | 0 | / |
| Mariartey | 82 | 0 | / |
| Morearthy | 82 | 0 | / |
| Mariarti | 75 | 91 | / |
| Mariarta | 75 | 28 | / |
| Muriarta | 75 | 23 | / |
| Muriarte | 75 | 6 | / |
| Moriorte | 75 | 0 | / |
| Mariarte | 75 | 0 | / |
| Moriorti | 75 | 0 | / |
| Mariorty | 75 | 0 | / |
| Muriharti | 71 | 15 | / |
| Margiarti | 71 | 8 | / |
| Murgiarti | 71 | 7 | / |
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