Moriou Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Moriou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Moriou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France911:729,92091,032
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Niger51:3,838,40364,195

Moriou Last Name Facts

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

Moriou is most common in France. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Moriou.

How Common Is The Last Name Moriou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,806,862nd most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname Moriou occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Moriou live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Moriou is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 729,920. In France Moriou is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 32 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 24 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 15 percent are found. Other than France this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 8 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mriou911/
Mrius732/
Mårius674/
Mriuth671/
Mreyoud621/
M'Ruhiu621/
Mrju601/
Mryu601/
Mroju55550/
Mrehu55123/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Moriou
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