Moulay Surname
Approximately 28,108 people bear this surname
Moulay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 21,286 | 1:1,815 | 184 |
| Morocco | 4,601 | 1:7,493 | 971 |
| France | 601 | 1:110,520 | 16,512 |
| Mauritania | 494 | 1:8,289 | 888 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Israel | 222 | 1:38,548 | 5,284 |
| Niger | 150 | 1:127,947 | 4,917 |
| Spain | 111 | 1:421,190 | 22,576 |
| Belgium | 60 | 1:191,611 | 25,371 |
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Australia | 50 | 1:539,914 | 40,287 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Moulay (110,092) may also be a first name.
Moulay Demographics
Average Moulay Salary in
United States
$33,846 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moulay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moulay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moulay (Arabic: مولاي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻻﻱ) occurs most in Algeria. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moulay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 19,511th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 259,269 people. The last name Moulay is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Moulay reside; 92 percent reside in North Africa and 92 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 9,343rd most frequent first name in the world, held by 110,092 people.
The surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is carried by 21,286 people, or 1 in 1,815. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Oran Province, where 15 percent live, Saïda Province, where 9 percent live and Adrar Province, where 9 percent live. Aside from Algeria this surname occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 16 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Moulay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Moulay surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Moulay earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 21.56% less than the national average, earning $33,846 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.85% less than the national average, earning $42,303 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moulay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moulay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻻﻱ | mwlay | 73.03 |
| ﻣﻼﻱ | mlay | 22.82 |
| ﻣﻮﻻﻯ | mwlay | 3.04 |
| ﻣﻼﻯ | mlay | 0.97 |
| ﻣﺤﻤﺪ | mhmd | 0.14 |
| Moulay in the Arabic language | ||
| مولاي | mwlay | - |
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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 Moulay
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