How common is the surname Moffett?

11,853 people in the United States had the surname Moffett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,048 Americans. It ranked 3,025th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Moffett?

D. W. Moffett, American actor, followed by Jonathan Moffett.

Where is the surname Moffett most common?

Wikidata records people named Moffett in the United States.

Is the surname Moffett getting more or less common?

More common. 11,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,853 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Moffett

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 11,853 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moffett is more common than 98.1% 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 11,853 people named Moffett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,048 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,524.

#3,025

rank among US surnames

11,853

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,863)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,016	Hannon	11,893	25,960
#3,017	Reedy	11,884	25,980
#3,018	Galvin	11,882	25,984
#3,019	Doughty	11,880	25,989
#3,020	Fraley	11,876	25,997
#3,022	Allan	11,867	26,017
#3,023	Beauchamp	11,865	26,022

Who is named Moffett

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

68% of people named Moffett identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moffetts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

D. W. Moffett
American actor, born 1954
Jonathan Moffett
American musician, born 1954
Charnett Moffett
American jazz bassist (1967–2022)
Cleveland Moffett
American journalist and writer, 1863–1926

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moffett

Moffett 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 Moffett come from?: Variant of Moffat.
How common is the surname Moffett?: 11,853 people in the United States had the surname Moffett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,048 Americans. It ranked 3,025th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moffett?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Moffett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Moffett?: D. W. Moffett, American actor, followed by Jonathan Moffett.
Where is the surname Moffett most common?: Wikidata records people named Moffett in the United States.
Is the surname Moffett getting more or less common?: More common. 11,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,853 in 2010, up 2.9%.