von Moritz Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

von Moritz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Moritz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

von Moritz Last Name Facts

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

The last name von Moritz is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name von Moritz? popularity and diffusion

von Moritz is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname von Moritz occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of von Moritz reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New Mexico, where 50 percent live, Washington, where 33 percent live and Wisconsin, where 17 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vonmoritz956/
von Moricz903/
van Mourić702/
van Moorts701/
von Martius675/
van Martis602/
Vanmartes530/

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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 von Moritz
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