Mose Surname
Approximately 39,486 people bear this surname
Mose Surname Definition:
Mose is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: moses.
Read More About This SurnameMose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 21,996 | 1:2,099 | 324 |
| Malawi | 2,274 | 1:7,528 | 1,107 |
| United States | 2,075 | 1:174,679 | 17,557 |
| South Africa | 1,934 | 1:28,013 | 3,600 |
| DR Congo | 1,847 | 1:40,000 | 4,929 |
| Nigeria | 1,378 | 1:128,551 | 8,395 |
| Philippines | 1,332 | 1:76,005 | 13,143 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,051 | 1:7,758 | 576 |
| Denmark | 1,039 | 1:5,433 | 492 |
| Indonesia | 870 | 1:152,011 | 14,920 |
| Tanzania | 706 | 1:74,988 | 7,799 |
| India | 425 | 1:1,804,860 | 64,070 |
| Zimbabwe | 265 | 1:58,258 | 8,839 |
| Iran | 252 | 1:304,693 | 21,462 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Germany | 182 | 1:442,338 | 39,473 |
| Canada | 181 | 1:203,567 | 19,858 |
| England | 155 | 1:359,471 | 25,733 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Italy | 106 | 1:576,950 | 54,562 |
| Solomon Islands | 97 | 1:5,980 | 860 |
| New Zealand | 80 | 1:56,604 | 8,933 |
| American Samoa | 75 | 1:743 | 68 |
| Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Argentina | 50 | 1:854,868 | 55,754 |
| Liberia | 48 | 1:91,844 | 7,477 |
| Zambia | 41 | 1:386,583 | 19,508 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Cook Islands | 22 | 1:826 | 159 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Barbados | 18 | 1:15,969 | 956 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 13 | 1:104,921 | 6,882 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 119 | 1:204,835 | 16,153 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Guernsey | 3 | 1:10,885 | 1,562 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 502 | 1:100,037 | 10,157 |
The alternate forms: Möse (230), Mosé (16), Mosè (9) & Moše (3) are calculated separately.
Mose (19,256) may also be a first name.
Mose Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mose is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: moses.
1. A contraction of Moses. 2. A tributary of the Trent. 3. Moze, a parish in Kent. In H.R. there is a LeMose, denoting some quality, nationality, or occupation.
User-submitted Reference
A few similar names exist, but in terms of the exact spelling of Mose, then in Danish, and in general in parts of Scandinavia, then it means 'bog', 'swamp', or 'march'.
It's a type of surnames based on the nearby landscape, similar to Lund (grove), so it can be found used in all the areas where you find wetlands, or areas with acid type dirt that is difficult to grow corn in (former swamps, bogs).
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Mose Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Mose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mose (Georgian: მოსე, Hindi: मोसे, Marathi: मोसे, Russian: Мосе) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms: Möse, Mosé, Mosè or Moše. For other potential spellings of Mose click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mose? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mose is the 14,109th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 184,560 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Mose reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 31 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 38,927th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 19,256 people.
Mose is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 21,996 people, or 1 in 2,099. In Kenya Mose is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 46 percent live, Nyamira County, where 23 percent live and Nairobi County, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 92 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Mose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mose has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mose last name expanded 413 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 130 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mose Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mose surname is chiefly Christian (98%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Mose surname are 17.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.72% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mose earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 36.37% less than the national average, earning R 151,212 per year; in United States they earn 13.4% less than the national average, earning $37,366 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.77% more than the national average, earning $50,068 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mose Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mose in the Georgian language | ||
| მოსე | mose | - |
| Mose in the Marathi language | ||
| मोसे | mose | - |
| Mose in the Hindi language | ||
| मोसे | mose | 75 |
| मॉसेयादव | moseyadava | 25 |
| Mose in the Russian language | ||
| Мосе | mose | - |
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Mose Reference & Research
Moss DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Moss FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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