How common is the surname Moder?

616 people in the United States had the surname Moder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. It ranked 36,337th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moder?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Moder getting more or less common?

Less common. 643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 616 in 2010, down 4.2%.

The surname Moder

A German occupational surname, carried by 616 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moder is more common than 77.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from German Moder, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *mōdaz (“boldness, courage”) + *harjaz (“army”). * Borrowed from Slovak Móder, an occupational surname from Middle High German mader (“reaper”). * Borrowed from Polish Moder, from Middle Low German mōder (“mother, womb; mare”). * Borrowed from Slovene Moder, a nickname for a wise man, from moder (“wise, prudent”). * Borrowed from Swedish Modér, an ornamental surname whose first element is from mo (“sandy heath”).

Moder is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 616 people named Moder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 643.

#36,337

rank among US surnames

616

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-4.2%

change since 2000 (was #33,471)

Who is named Moder

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

94% of people named Moder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moder

Moder has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.

Other German surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Moder come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from German Moder, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *mōdaz (“boldness, courage”) + *harjaz (“army”). * Borrowed from Slovak Móder, an occupational surname from Middle High German mader (“reaper”). * Borrowed from Polish Moder, from Middle Low…
How common is the surname Moder?: 616 people in the United States had the surname Moder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. It ranked 36,337th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moder?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Moder?: Moder is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Moder getting more or less common?: Less common. 643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 616 in 2010, down 4.2%.