Moves Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Liberia

Moves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

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 found most frequently in Brazil. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Moves click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moves? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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. Moves is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 32 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Santa Catarina, where 100 percent live. Outside of Brazil Moves occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent live and India, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moeves9183/
Mouves9113/
Moveis915/
Movesh913/
Mosves913/
Movies912/
Moveus912/
Mooves911/
Movees911/
Moyves910/
Move89966/
Maves801,462/
Meves80703/
Mover80556/
Movis80244/
Moove80220/
Mowes80125/
Movea80108/
Moveh8081/
Movet8038/
Movie8038/
Movey8021/
Mouve8015/
Movhe8015/
Movee8014/
Moive8010/
Mobes809/
Moved807/
Mosve804/
Mgove802/
Mohve801/
Moveu801/
Muove801/
Movys801/
Mouvet73519/
Meeves73228/
Moewes73226/
Mouveh73197/
Mobese73109/
Mavese7364/
Mouwes7357/
Maveus7353/
Movish7336/
Matves7333/
Mobesh7328/
Moewis7323/
Moover7320/
Movais7319/
Moivee7316/
Maeves7312/
Mavies7310/
Movios739/
Moovie739/
Monpes738/
Movett738/
Moveed736/
Mauves735/
Muovhe735/
Moeues734/
Mavesh733/
Movhet732/
Mevies732/
Movice732/
Mouvei732/
Mowese732/
Moovis731/
Movetz731/
Movuis731/
Mowest731/
Mowies731/
Mosvey731/
Muovey731/
Movise731/
Mobies731/
Mmoove731/
Mobeus731/
Maveis731/
Mavess731/
Moveaz731/
Moviez731/
Mohveh731/
Mhowes731/
Maoues731/
Mowets731/
Mmouve731/
Mouvis731/
Mavesd730/
Mosver730/
Moiver730/
Movessova711/
Mobe673,339/
Mave672,279/
Mowe672,092/
Movi67384/
Mobeshe67322/
Moweshe6712/
Mehvesh674/
Mouswes674/
Movehed673/
Movy673/
Mahvesh672/
Movj672/
Mauveis671/
Masvese671/
Matvets671/
Mhoover671/
Mosveer671/
Motvedt671/
Mavesse671/
Mathves671/
Maavets671/
Moibesh671/
Mouwies671/
Mobetse671/

Moves Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Moves in the Hindi language
मोवेसmovesa-

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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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