Möritz Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Möritz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 442 | 1:182,139 | 21,263 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
The alternate forms: Moritz (39,095) are calculated separately.
Möritz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Möritz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Möritz is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms: Moritz. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Möritz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 672,867th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Möritz are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 442 people, or 1 in 182,139. In Germany Möritz is primarily found in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 24 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live and Saxony, where 14 percent live. Barring Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moritz | 94 | 39,095 | / |
| Maritz | 83 | 18,822 | / |
| Meritz | 83 | 119 | / |
| Märitz | 83 | 19 | / |
| Marritz | 77 | 27 | / |
| Moeritz | 77 | 26 | / |
| Merritz | 77 | 25 | / |
| Mörretz | 77 | 18 | / |
| Morritz | 77 | 16 | / |
| Morittz | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mohritz | 77 | 11 | / |
| Moreitz | 77 | 10 | / |
| Maeritz | 77 | 9 | / |
| Moroitz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Marietz | 77 | 0 | / |
| Moraitz | 77 | 0 | / |
| Marhitz | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mariz | 73 | 5,812 | / |
| Moriz | 73 | 773 | / |
| Meriz | 73 | 311 | / |
| Morrittz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Merreitz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Merrittz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Moretz | 67 | 2,572 | / |
| Mehriz | 67 | 749 | / |
| Moraiz | 67 | 692 | / |
| Mariez | 67 | 630 | / |
| Meretz | 67 | 322 | / |
| Morits | 67 | 317 | / |
| Meraiz | 67 | 256 | / |
| Merits | 67 | 205 | / |
| Marits | 67 | 196 | / |
| Moriez | 67 | 113 | / |
| Marutz | 67 | 93 | / |
| Maretz | 67 | 59 | / |
| Morriz | 67 | 54 | / |
| Meriez | 67 | 30 | / |
| Maariz | 67 | 16 | / |
| Maraiz | 67 | 13 | / |
| Morytz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Maritš | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mohriz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maruiz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moridz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merizz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahriz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marriz | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Möritz
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