Moves Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Moves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Moves (32) may also be a first name.
Moves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moves Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moves (Hindi: मोवेस) is most common in Brazil. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moves? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moves is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 25 percent of Moves are found; 25 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 32 people.
The last name Moves is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Santa Catarina, where 100 percent live. Aside from Brazil this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent live and India, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moves Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moves in the Hindi language | ||
| मोवेस | movesa | - |
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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 Moves
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