Moros Surname
Approximately 8,305 people bear this surname
Moros Surname User-submission:
Moros is a Sephardic surname (موروس), referring to someone of Moorish or North African origin.
Moros Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 3,214 | 1:9,398 | 912 |
| Spain | 1,355 | 1:34,503 | 3,449 |
| Colombia | 864 | 1:55,294 | 2,689 |
| United States | 630 | 1:575,332 | 47,145 |
| Greece | 586 | 1:18,907 | 2,726 |
| Philippines | 528 | 1:191,739 | 30,502 |
| Argentina | 159 | 1:268,827 | 21,629 |
| Poland | 119 | 1:319,401 | 37,249 |
| France | 92 | 1:721,986 | 90,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
| New Zealand | 61 | 1:74,235 | 10,965 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| Germany | 58 | 1:1,388,025 | 86,120 |
| Australia | 58 | 1:465,443 | 35,949 |
| Panama | 52 | 1:75,236 | 3,168 |
| Russia | 51 | 1:2,825,942 | 156,501 |
| Mexico | 51 | 1:2,433,847 | 20,676 |
| Brazil | 48 | 1:4,459,882 | 118,224 |
| Romania | 46 | 1:436,475 | 34,584 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Cuba | 7 | 1:1,646,102 | 8,141 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Latvia | 5 | 1:410,009 | 28,210 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Cook Islands | 5 | 1:3,636 | 866 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Morós (6) & Moroś (1) are calculated separately.
Moros (155) may also be a first name.
Moros Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Moros is a Sephardic surname (موروس), referring to someone of Moorish or North African origin.
- shichuanperuMoros Demographics
Average Male Moros Height
175.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Moros Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moros Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moros (Arabic: موروس, Marathi: मोरोस, Russian: Морос) is found most frequently in Venezuela. It can be rendered as a variant: Morós or Moroś. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moros? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 60,637th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 877,489 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Moros reside; 51 percent reside in South America and 49 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Moros is also the 738,219th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 155 people.
The surname is most widely held in Venezuela, where it is borne by 3,214 people, or 1 in 9,398. In Venezuela Moros is primarily concentrated in: Táchira, where 37 percent reside, Capital District, where 14 percent reside and Miranda, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Venezuela this surname exists in 68 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 16 percent reside and Colombia, where 10 percent reside.
Moros Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Moros has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Moros last name expanded 15,750 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moros Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Orthodox (50%) in Russia and Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Moros last name are 40.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.94% being registered with the party.
The amount Moros earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.24% less than the national average, earning R 106,356 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.75% less than the national average, earning $19,127,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.45% more than the national average, earning $46,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.34% less than the national average, earning $49,516 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moros Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moros in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरोस | morosa | - |
| Moros in the Russian language | ||
| Морос | moros | - |
| Moros in the Arabic language | ||
| موروس | mwrws | - |
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