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    The surname Moffatt

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 4,542 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M130

    Moffatt: #7,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Moffatt #7,339, 4,542 people Moffatt: #7,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moffatt #7,339, 4,542 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moffatt is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of Moffat.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,542 people named Moffatt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,976 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,377.

    #7,339
    rank among US surnames
    4,542
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,049)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,331Pisano4,55167,841
    #7,332Yingling4,55067,856
    #7,333Devaney4,54967,871
    #7,335Delvecchio4,54867,886
    #7,336Gurney4,54767,901
    #7,337Amezquita4,54467,946
    #7,338Burmeister4,54367,961

    Who is named Moffatt

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

    83% of people named Moffatt identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Moffatts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tracey Moffatt
      Australian photographer, artist and filmmaker (born 1960)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moffatt

    Moffatt has the Soundex code M130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M130.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Moffatt come from?
    Variant of Moffat.
    How common is the surname Moffatt?
    4,542 people in the United States had the surname Moffatt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,976 Americans. It ranked 7,339th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moffatt?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Moffatt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Moffatt?
    Tracey Moffatt, Australian photographer, artist and filmmaker (born 1960).
    Where is the surname Moffatt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Moffatt in Australia.
    Is the surname Moffatt getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,542 in 2010, up 3.8%.