Mós Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Mós Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mós Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Hungary291:338,49224,545
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336

The alternate forms: Mos (9,490), Môs (1), Moş (181), Moš (40) & Moś (14) are calculated separately.

Mós Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mós occurs most in Portugal. It may also occur in the variant forms: Mos, Môs, Moş, Moš or Moś. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mós? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,894,523rd most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Mós are found; 59 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The surname Mós is most common in Portugal, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 182,776. Aside from Portugal this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 30 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mos899,490/
Môs891/
Mózs8638/
Móss861/
Moş78181/
Moš7840/
Moś7814/
Mósse751/
Mas67187,843/
Mus6713,845/
Más67148/
Móz6711/
Móc679/
Mãs671/
Mús671/
Mósová671/

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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 Mós
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