Morís Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Morís Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Moris (29,982), Moriš (9) & Móris (1) are calculated separately.
Morís Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morís Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Morís is found most frequently in Spain. It can be found in the variant forms: Moris, Moriš or Móris. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Morís? popularity and diffusion
The last name Morís is the 4,772,636th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Morís occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Morís reside; 59 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Spain, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,675,204. In Spain Morís is mostly found in: Asturias, where 90 percent live and Galicia, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Spain Morís is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 18 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.
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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 Morís
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