# Moghaddam (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/moghaddam/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Persian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Persian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 564 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,052 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 547,421 people |
| Change since 2000 | +53% (368 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Moghadam |

## Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Iranian Persian مُقَدَّم (moġaddam), from Classical Persian مُقَدَّم (muqaddam), from Arabic مُقَدَّم (muqaddam). Doublet of muqaddam.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moghaddam in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 13% |

## Similar surnames

McDonald, McDaniel, MacDonald, McDonough, McDonnell, McAdams, McDaniels, Mastin, Masten, McDonagh, McDonell, McAdam.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.