Moshor Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Moshor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Moshor (43) may also be a first name.
Moshor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moshor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moshor is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moshor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,518,885th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Moshor reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Moshor is also the 1,545,828th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 43 people.
Moshor is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Moshor is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 74 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Delta, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 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 Moshor
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