Movers Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Qatar

Movers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Movers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

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

Movers (31) may also be a first name.

Movers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Movers occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant: Mövers. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Movers? popularity and diffusion

The surname Movers is the 3,185,033rd most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 37 percent of Movers live; 37 percent live in Southern Africa and 37 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most common given name world-wide, borne by 31 people.

Movers is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa Movers is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 44 percent live, Northern Cape, where 22 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent live. Not including South Africa Movers occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 21 percent live and Pakistan, where 18 percent live.

Movers Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Movers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.33% less than the national average, earning R 51,492 per year and in Canada they earn 13.04% less than the national average, earning $43,202 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mövers941/
Mowers832,448/
Mobers83347/
Mavers83278/
Mävers83194/
Mevers83159/
Mouwers77309/
Maevers77133/
Meevers7739/
Moobers777/
Mowerrs771/
Mowiers771/
Mossbers711/
Moubiers711/
Mawers6716/
Möbers6711/
Mavars677/
Mewers675/
Mabers672/
Mowars671/
Mavors671/
Moumphers670/
Mauwers62115/

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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 Movers
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