LOCATIONS OF PERSONS NAMED MOFFAT IN THE UK IN 1881
Locations of Persons Named Moffat in the US
Persons name Moffat in the United States
Moffat 2,774
Moffatt 4,034
Moffet 853
Moffett 9,850
Total 17,511
Plus additional persons from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK, and others who are related to Moffat.
Local government could lead an effort to promote international family reunions in the location of the family origin - in this case the Town of Moffat.
The development of email and social networking makes it feasible to market a family origin tour at relatively low cost. The Town would work with hotels, tourism agencies, and touring companies to set up a tour based in Moffat. The touring company would pick up the tour at the Manchester Airport and bring them back to Moffat. One day tours around the area would be conducted. Some meetings with local persons named Moffat would add interest.
A possible market penetration of from .5 to 1% of the total market might be possible.
0.5% of 20,000 people = 100 people
* 7 days * £ 100 per day = £ 70,000 into the local economy.
An additional optional week to ten day tour should also be offered for those who want to see more of the UK.
If this effort worked for the name Moffat it could also be employed with other names based in the region that have a large number of people of that name in the US.
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The spellings recognised by the Chief of the Clan are:
Maffat Maffatt Maffet Maffett Maffit Maffitt
Moffat Moffatt Moffet Moffett Moffit Moffitt
Morfit Morfitt Morphat Morphatt Morphet Morphett
Morphit Morphitt Muffat Muffatt Muffet Muffett
Muffit Muffitt