# Moch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/moch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 540 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,494 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 571,751 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.8% (592 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Moch or Möch, variants of Mock. * Borrowed from Polish Moch, an unflattering nickname from moch (“insect; wheedler”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moch in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Moch in the United States.

## People named Moch

- Robert Moch, American rower (1914–2005)

## Similar surnames

Mach, Mock, Mosca, Moccia, Mohs, Mosco, McCoy, Mejia, Moss, McGee, Mack, Massey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.