Moïse Surname
Approximately 14,983 people bear this surname
Moïse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 14,250 | 1:954 | 166 |
| Haiti | 274 | 1:38,992 | 2,549 |
| Israel | 129 | 1:66,338 | 8,273 |
| France | 126 | 1:527,164 | 72,630 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Belgium | 37 | 1:310,720 | 35,739 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
The alternate forms: Moise (116,854), Moîse (391), Moïsé (1), Moisè (10) & Moisé (8) are calculated separately.
Moïse (17,718) may also be a first name.
Moïse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moïse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moïse is carried by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Moise, Moîse, Moïsé, Moisè or Moisé. Click here to see other possible spellings of Moïse.
How Common Is The Last Name Moïse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 35,281st most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 486,388 people. Moïse is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Moïse reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 41,302nd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 17,718 people.
The surname Moïse is most frequently held in Chad, where it is held by 14,250 people, or 1 in 954. Other than Chad it is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 2 percent are found and Israel, where 1 percent are found.
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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
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