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

The last name Moriña is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can be found as: 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 surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. The last name Moriña is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Moriña are found; 93 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

It is most common in Spain, where it is carried by 271 people, or 1 in 172,517. In Spain it is most common in: Andalusia, where 68 percent live, Catalonia, where 18 percent live and Basque Country, where 5 percent live. Aside from Spain this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found 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
  • 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 Moriña
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