Moritan Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Moritan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moritan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina1171:365,32828,402
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
Japan441:2,905,55232,685
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Moritán (3) are calculated separately.

Moritan (32) may also be a first name.

Moritan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Moritan occurs more in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Moritán. Click here to see other potential spellings of Moritan.

How Common Is The Last Name Moritan? popularity and diffusion

Moritan is the 1,038,570th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. Moritan is primarily found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Moritan are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. Moritan is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 32 people.

This last name is most numerous in Argentina, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 365,328. In Argentina Moritan is primarily concentrated in: Buenos Aires Province, where 73 percent live, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 14 percent live and Córdoba Province, where 8 percent live. Other than Argentina this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Japan, where 18 percent live.

Moritan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Armenian Apostolic (100%) in Lebanon.

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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 Moritan
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