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    The surname Moates

    A surname, carried by 1,113 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M320

    Moates: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Moates #22,978, 1,113 people Moates: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moates #22,978, 1,113 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moates is more common than 85.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,113 people named Moates in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. That is down 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,225.

    #22,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,113
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.1%
    change since 2000 (was #20,219)

    Who is named Moates

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    89% of people named Moates identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moates

    Moates has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Moates?
    1,113 people in the United States had the surname Moates in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. It ranked 22,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moates?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Moates identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Moates getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,113 in 2010, down 9.1%.