How common is the surname Moen?

8,138 people in the United States had the surname Moen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,939 Americans. It ranked 4,367th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moen?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Moen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Moen?

Don Moen, American Christian musician, followed by Alexandra Moen.

Where is the surname Moen most common?

Wikidata records people named Moen in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Moen getting more or less common?

More common. 7,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,138 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Moen

A Norwegian surname, carried by 8,138 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moen is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

Norwegian origin

From Norwegian Moen.

One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,138 people named Moen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,939 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,895.

#4,367

rank among US surnames

8,138

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,154)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,358	Ralph	8,153	37,869
#4,359	Tracey	8,152	37,874
#4,361	Mercier	8,149	37,888
#4,362	Oviedo	8,145	37,906
#4,363	Stinnett	8,142	37,920
#4,364	Ferrari	8,141	37,925
#4,365	Schoen	8,140	37,929

Who is named Moen

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

96% of people named Moen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Don Moen
American Christian musician, born 1950
Alexandra Moen
British actress, born 1978

Notable Moens come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moen

Moen has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

Other Norwegian surnames

All 31 Norwegian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Moen come from?: From Norwegian Moen.
How common is the surname Moen?: 8,138 people in the United States had the surname Moen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,939 Americans. It ranked 4,367th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moen?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Moen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Moen?: Don Moen, American Christian musician, followed by Alexandra Moen.
Where is the surname Moen most common?: Wikidata records people named Moen in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Moen getting more or less common?: More common. 7,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,138 in 2010, up 3.1%.