Mortise Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Mortise Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mortise Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States881:4,118,852221,730
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Mortise Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mortise is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mortise? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,943,350th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Mortise are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Mortise is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 4,118,852. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 65 percent reside, Tennessee, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 13 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.

Mortise Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Mortise has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mortise last name increased 733 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mortise Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mortise surname are 35.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.89% being registered with the political party.

Mortise earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.75% less than the national average, earning $28,586 USD per year.

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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 Mortise
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