Moriá Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Moriá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Moria (3,246) & Moría (1) are calculated separately.
Moriá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moriá Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moriá is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Moria or Moría. Click here to see other possible spellings of Moriá.
How Common Is The Last Name Moriá? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moriá is the 6,360,413th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Moriá live; 89 percent live in South America and 89 percent live in Luso-South America.
Moriá is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 26,759,292. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 38 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 25 percent live and Goiás, where 13 percent live. Barring Brazil Moriá exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 11 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 Moriá
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