Mörs Surname

314,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Mörs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mörs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1781:68,3418,747
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Mors (2,553) are calculated separately.

Mörs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mörs has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be found as a variant: Mors. Click here for further potential spellings of Mörs.

How Common Is The Last Name Mörs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 314,252nd most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,098,365 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Mörs are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Mörs is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 1,178 people, or 1 in 68,341. In Germany Mörs is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 80 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 5 percent reside and Hesse, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Mörs Last Name Statistics demography

Mörs earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 253.4% more than the national average, earning R 839,820 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mors922,553/
Möhrs8956/
Mörse8912/
Mörsch80649/
Mars7523,578/
Mers751,702/
Märs7599/
Mörx7533/
Marsh67162,282/
Marrs679,776/
Meers674,916/
Meurs673,878/
Moers672,972/
Morss67819/
Mohrs67723/
Mersh67549/
Maers67215/
Maars67148/
Mörch67136/
Morsh67125/
Mahrs6798/
Marås6782/
Märss6778/
Morsø6749/
Marss6744/
Merss6744/
Morrs6743/
Muirs6717/
Marså6710/
Mehrs6710/
Mmars674/
Morsz673/
Merrs673/
Moërs671/
Morså671/
Mersø671/
Mersz671/
Marsj671/

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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 Mörs
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