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    The surname Mohs

    A German surname, carried by 1,072 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mohs is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,072 people named Mohs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,035.

    #23,647
    rank among US surnames
    1,072
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,056)

    Who is named Mohs

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

    96% of people named Mohs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mohs

    Mohs has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mohs come from?
    Mohs is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Mohs?
    1,072 people in the United States had the surname Mohs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mohs?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mohs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mohs getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, up 3.6%.