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    The surname Moffet

    A surname, carried by 1,015 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M130

    Moffet: #24,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Moffet #24,608, 1,015 people Moffet: #24,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Moffet #24,608, 1,015 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moffet is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,015 people named Moffet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,005.

    #24,608
    rank among US surnames
    1,015
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #23,547)

    Who is named Moffet

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

    85% of people named Moffet identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moffet

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Moffet?
    1,015 people in the United States had the surname Moffet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. It ranked 24,608th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moffet?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Moffet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Moffet getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,015 in 2010, up 1.0%.