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 is found in Spain more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Morina. For other possible spellings of Moriña click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moriña? popularity and diffusion

It is the 912,827th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 25,043,113 people. Moriña occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Moriña reside; 93 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Spain, where it is borne by 271 people, or 1 in 172,517. In Spain Moriña is most frequent in: Andalusia, where 68 percent are found, Catalonia, where 18 percent are found and Basque Country, where 5 percent are found. Beside Spain Moriña is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 4 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 1 percent are found.

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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