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
Möritz is found most in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms: Moritz. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Möritz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 672,867th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. Möritz occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Möritz reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 442 people, or 1 in 182,139. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 24 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside and Saxony, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.
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
- 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 Möritz
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