Moscow Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Moscow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moscow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel1931:44,3405,979
Nigeria671:2,643,92285,652
England391:1,428,66862,556
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Moscow (814) may also be a first name.

Moscow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Moscow is held by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moscow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 806,178th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Moscow are found; 56 percent are found in West Asia and 56 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Moscow is also the 286,493rd most common first name on earth. It is borne by 814 people.

The surname Moscow is most frequent in Israel, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 44,340. In Israel Moscow is most common in: Southern District, where 26 percent reside, Central District, where 25 percent reside and Haifa District, where 17 percent reside. Besides Israel this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Moscow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Moscow has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Moscow last name rose 108 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moscowa922/
Moscouw921/
Moschow921/
Moskow83469/
Mascow8391/
Moscov8368/
Moscaw834/
Moscof832/
Muscow831/
Moscova77112/
Moszkow7717/
Moscoff7711/
Moshkow775/
Moschov773/
Mascowe772/
Mostcov772/
Moscoph771/
Moschof771/
Moscopf771/
Masscow771/
Moskowa771/
Moschaw770/
Motskow770/
Moschova71100/
Meschkow7142/
Maschkow7124/
Moshchov715/
Moschkov712/
Moshckov711/
Mosckova711/
Moskov671,704/
Maskow67485/
Mascob67112/
Mescov6764/
Meskow6745/
Moskob6743/
Moskof6737/
Mascov6718/
Moshchova674/
Moskaw673/
Mascaw672/
Muxcow671/
Muschkowa671/

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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 Moscow
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