Movs Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Movs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Movs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Movs (29) may also be a first name.

Movs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Movs (Russian: Мовс) occurs more in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Movs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,116,508th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Movs reside; 83 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 52 percent reside in North Caucasus. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 29 people.

It is most commonly used in Russia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 7,585,424. In Russia it is most frequent in: Chechen Republic, where 58 percent are found, Krasnodar Krai, where 11 percent are found and Moscow, where 11 percent are found. Beside Russia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Armenia, where 9 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Movss8916/
Movsh894/
Moivs891/
Movse891/
Mov86463/
Mouv757,813/
Mova752,132/
Mops75104/
Moiv7599/
Mobs7594/
Movh7535/
Mows7517/
Moov754/
Mosw753/
Mavs753/
Hmov752/
Mosf752/
Movj752/
Movd751/
Mmov751/
Movf751/
Mojv751/
Mohv751/
Movz751/
Moyv751/
Mofs750/
Mouws67237/
Mgova67233/
Mopps6759/
Moffs6747/
Mhova6715/
Mohbs6714/
Mosws679/
Mavse678/
Mosfp676/
Mowse676/
Mobst674/
Hhmov673/
Mousf671/
Mosff671/
Moohv671/
Moshw671/
Mophs671/
Mobsh671/
Mobse671/
Mopse671/
Mouvh671/
Mossf671/
Mowss671/
Moobs670/
Moybs670/

Movs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Movs in the Russian language
Мовсmovs-

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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 Movs
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