Mó Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Mó Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mó Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Hungary211:467,44230,347
Guatemala91:1,786,9636,100
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Mo (2,791,493), (29), (2) & (2) are calculated separately.

(43) may also be a first name.

Mó Last Name Facts

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

Mó is carried by more people in Portugal than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Mo, , or . Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mó? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,136,387th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Mó is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Mó live; 49 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent live in Iberian Europe. Mó is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 43 people.

It is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 274,164. Apart from Portugal this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 27 percent are found and Guatemala, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mo832,791,493/
8329/
832/
832/
Mió8012/
Móz8011/
Móu807/
Mói806/
Moó806/
Mót801/
Móo801/
Maó801/
M6752,786/
Mócz67155/
Móia6732/
Móth6716/
Maió671/
Móss671/

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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 Mó
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