How common is the surname Moffitt?

10,070 people in the United States had the surname Moffitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,660 Americans. It ranked 3,543rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Moffitt?

John Moffitt, American athletics competitor, followed by Peggy Moffitt.

Where is the surname Moffitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Moffitt in the United States.

How do you pronounce Moffitt?

Moffitt is /ˈmɒfɪt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Moffitt getting more or less common?

More common. 9,652 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,070 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Moffitt

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 10,070 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɒfɪt/ 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). Moffitt is more common than 97.8% 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 10,070 people named Moffitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,660 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,652.

#3,543

rank among US surnames

10,070

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,395)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,534	Boudreau	10,103	30,560
#3,535	Mattox	10,099	30,572
#3,538	Box	10,098	30,575
#3,539	Montez	10,097	30,578
#3,540	Martens	10,096	30,581
#3,541	Son	10,094	30,587
#3,542	Joshi	10,089	30,602

Who is named Moffitt

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

87% of people named Moffitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moffitts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Moffitt
American athletics competitor, born 1980
Peggy Moffitt
American model, actress, 1937–2024
Billie Jean King
American tennis player (born 1943)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moffitt

Moffitt 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 Moffitt come from?: Variant of Moffat.
How common is the surname Moffitt?: 10,070 people in the United States had the surname Moffitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,660 Americans. It ranked 3,543rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moffitt?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Moffitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Moffitt?: John Moffitt, American athletics competitor, followed by Peggy Moffitt.
Where is the surname Moffitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Moffitt in the United States.
How do you pronounce Moffitt?: Moffitt is /ˈmɒfɪt/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Moffitt getting more or less common?: More common. 9,652 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,070 in 2010, up 4.3%.