Moriña Surname

912,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Andorra

Moriña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moriña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2711:172,51712,306
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Morina (36,096) are calculated separately.

Moriña Last Name Facts

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

Moriña occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Morina. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moriña? popularity and diffusion

Moriña is the 912,827th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. Moriña occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Moriña reside; 93 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

Moriña is most widely held in Spain, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 172,517. In Spain it is primarily found in: Andalusia, where 68 percent live, Catalonia, where 18 percent live and Basque Country, where 5 percent live. Other than Spain this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 4 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morina9436,096/
Moriñas922/
Morriña921/
Mariña83679/
Moriño83217/
Morzina778,036/
Mouriño772,890/
Morgina77831/
Morinaj77441/
Moriena77397/
Moringa77329/
Moraina7787/
Morinay7776/
Morrina7739/
Moreina7737/
Mourina7736/
Morinia7723/
Motrina7716/
Mariñaz7711/
Morhina778/
Morinya775/
Morenia775/
Morinha774/
Morinas774/
Morinat773/
Moroina771/
Morinah771/
Moriñio771/
Margiña771/
Moriños771/
Morinau771/
Morinai771/
Morineau712,642/
Mourinha71450/
Mouringa71143/
Morzhina71112/
Morinaud7197/
Morinais7161/
Morainay7159/
Morignat7157/
Mouraina7139/
Morinaux7128/
Mourzina718/
Moirinha716/
Moreinas716/
Mariñias715/
Morgaina714/
Mosrinah713/
Morohina713/
Morrigna712/
Mariñach711/
Moirinia711/
Mouroina711/
Marriñas711/
Morrisna711/
Morzinha711/
Marina6744,167/
Mariño6741,075/
Morino6719,645/
Morena6717,678/
Morineaux67208/
Moryna67122/
Morineaud6722/
Morrineau677/
Márina672/
Morimã671/
Morzuhina671/
Mohrooina671/
Māriņa671/

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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 Moriña
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