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Where Does The Last Name Moyes Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Moyes (Arabic: مويس, Marathi: मोयेस, Russian: Мойес) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms: Moyés. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Moyes? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Moyes is the 82,814^th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,246,374 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 42 percent of Moyes are found; 39 percent are found in Northern Europe and 39 percent are found in British Isles. Moyes is also the 608,246^th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 220 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,849 people, or 1 in 196,030. In The United States Moyes is most frequent in: Utah, where 27 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Texas, where 5 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname is found in 39 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent are found and Scotland, where 13 percent are found.

Moyes Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Moyes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Moyes surname rose 633 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 264 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 103 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Moyes Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Presbyterian (44%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Moyes surname are 16.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.86% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Moyes earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 137.93% more than the national average, earning R 565,416 per year; in United States they earn 10.69% more than the national average, earning $47,763 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.94% more than the national average, earning $52,633 CAD per year.