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    The surname Moch

    A German nickname surname, carried by 540 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

    Moch: #40,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Moch #40,494, 540 people Moch: #40,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Moch #40,494, 540 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moch is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    Moch is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 540 people named Moch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 571,751 Americans. That is down 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 592.

    #40,494
    rank among US surnames
    540
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #35,860)

    Who is named Moch

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

    84% of people named Moch identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mochs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Moch
      American rower (1914–2005)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moch

    Moch has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Moch come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Moch or Möch, variants of Mock. * Borrowed from Polish Moch, an unflattering nickname from moch (“insect; wheedler”).
    How common is the surname Moch?
    540 people in the United States had the surname Moch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 571,751 Americans. It ranked 40,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moch?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Moch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Moch?
    Robert Moch, American rower (1914–2005).
    Where is the surname Moch most common?
    Wikidata records people named Moch in the United States.
    What type of surname is Moch?
    Moch is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Moch getting more or less common?
    Less common. 592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 540 in 2010, down 8.8%.