Moriñigo Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Moriñigo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moriñigo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina1521:281,20722,595
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668

The alternate forms: Morinigo (27,095), Moríñigo (22) & Morínigo (12) are calculated separately.

Moriñigo Last Name Facts

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

Moriñigo occurs in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Morinigo, Moríñigo or Morínigo. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Moriñigo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,281,391st most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. Moriñigo is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Moriñigo live; 88 percent live in South America and 85 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name Moriñigo is most commonly used in Argentina, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 281,207. In Argentina Moriñigo is mostly found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 64 percent are found, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 12 percent are found and Santa Fe Province, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Argentina this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 12 percent are found and Venezuela, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morinigo9627,095/
Moríñigo9622/
Morínigo9212/
Muriñigo8816/
Morinigos823/
Moringigo821/
Murinigo75258/
Morenigo7572/
Marinigo7511/
Muriñego7510/
Moriniga756/
Morinego754/
Morinegos712/
Maurinigo711/
Morienego711/
Morenego631/
Morienega59418/
Murieniga591/

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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 Moriñigo
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis