Moritsen Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Moritsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 41 | 1:137,676 | 12,271 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Moritsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moritsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moritsen is carried by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moritsen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Moritsen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Moritsen are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Moritsen is most commonly held in Denmark, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 137,676. In Denmark Moritsen is most common in: Region of Southern Denmark, where 98 percent live and Central Denmark Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Denmark it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Benin, where 2 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
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Moritsen
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