Morisca Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Morisca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 74 | 1:271,323 | 25,089 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Morişcă (39) are calculated separately.
Morisca (18) may also be a first name.
Morisca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morisca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Morisca occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Morişcă. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Morisca? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,398,030th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname Morisca occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Morisca reside; 50 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 50 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 18 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 271,323. In Romania it is most common in: Suceava County, where 53 percent live, Dâmbovița County, where 41 percent live and Iași County, where 5 percent live. Besides Romania it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 22 percent live and Greece, where 10 percent live.
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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 Morisca
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