Mosans Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Mosans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mosans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1331:15,4142,298
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Mosāns (1) are calculated separately.

Mosans Last Name Facts

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

Mosans occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Mosāns. For other possible spellings of Mosans click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mosans? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,537,949th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Mosans are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most common in Latvia, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 15,414. In Latvia Mosans is most numerous in: Latgale, where 57 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 38 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Latvia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mosāns941/
Mousans922/
Moisans922/
Mossans920/
Moussans862/
Musans833,287/
Mocans8329/
Masans8320/
Mesans835/
Mosanz832/
Mosons831/
Musanse77853/
Mosanze7755/
Moysons7732/
Moshons7713/
Moseanz779/
Mesansh774/
Massans772/
Mocians771/
Musaans771/
Mosanje771/
Masjans771/
Messans771/
Meszans771/
Motsons770/
Moschanz7112/
Moshanje714/
Messhans711/
Moissons711/
Masosins711/
Masanz67306/
Macans6793/
Musons6769/
Masons6755/
Mosonz6732/
Mazans6711/
MacOns678/
Mezans673/
Majons672/
Mezons672/
Mažāns672/
Matshanse671/
Maçans671/
Maxons671/
Māsāns671/
Muzans671/
Moisãs671/
Mazons671/
Macāns671/
Maxans670/

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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
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  • 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 Mosans
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