Möws Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Möws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Möws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3261:246,94926,884
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Mows (17) are calculated separately.

Möws Last Name Facts

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

The last name Möws is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Mows. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Möws? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 841,044th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Möws live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 246,949. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found, Berlin, where 17 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 16 percent are found. Besides Germany it is found in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mows9217/
Möwes89361/
Möwis8962/
Mös8632/
Mws8611/
Möwius80112/
Möwios801/
Mwsy757,856/
Mews753,687/
Möbs75307/
Möse75230/
Mwas75134/
Möss75115/
Möhs7547/
Mwes7526/
Maws7520/
Mösö7516/
Mwos754/
Mwjs752/
Mwsw752/
Mwsa751/
Mwsi751/
Mwso751/
Mwse751/
Mwsu751/
Mwus751/
Mwhs751/
Mmws751/
Mhws751/
Hmws751/
Mwase6725,948/
Ms6724,188/
Mwasi6713,392/
Mewes678,083/
Mweso674,541/
Mwasa674,278/
Mwisa674,012/
Mawas673,924/
Mwesa673,449/
Mewis671,056/
Mwise67922/
Mwaso67764/
Mwesi67678/
Mwese67642/
Moews67508/
Mwisi67479/
Mewse67378/
Mouws67237/
Mwose67224/
Mwosi67188/
Mauws67130/
Mowes67125/
Mwoso67123/
Meuws67104/
Mwasu6786/
Mawus6755/
Mwosa6745/
Mwiso6739/
Mwisu6735/
Mwosu6734/
Mowas6729/
Muwis6725/
Mewus6722/
Muwus6722/
Mawes6719/
Mawis6717/
Mwass6717/
Muwes6716/
Mawos6716/
Mwasy6715/
Muwas6715/
Mwuse6714/
Mösse6711/
Möysä678/
Mwsya678/
Mewas677/
Mowse676/
Mowis676/
Mwsai675/
Mwesu674/
Meews673/
Meows673/
Mawse673/
Miwas673/
Mawsa673/
Mawsi672/
Mowsa672/
Mweis672/
Mwiss672/
Möhse672/
Mösso672/
Mways672/
Meiws672/
Mowss671/
Mawsh671/
Mewsa671/
Mowsi671/
Mowsy671/
Mwusa671/
Muwse671/
Mwues671/
Muwsa671/
Mwsay671/
Mawso671/
M Wes671/
Mewos671/
Mwsah671/
Mwees671/
Mwsju671/
Mwswi671/
Mwujs671/
Mmwsa671/
Mhwsy671/
Hmwse671/
Meaws670/

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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 Möws
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