The surname Moo
A Chinese surname, carried by 1,803 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex M000
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Chinese, including Cantonese 巫 (mou⁴) and others.
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,803 people named Moo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,240 Americans. That is up 462% since 2000, when the Census counted 321.
Who is named Moo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Moo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
- Two or more races 2.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Moo has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Moo come from?
- Borrowed from Chinese, including Cantonese 巫 (mou⁴) and others.
- How common is the surname Moo?
- 1,803 people in the United States had the surname Moo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,240 Americans. It ranked 16,064th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Moo?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Moo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Moo getting more or less common?
- More common. 321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,803 in 2010, up 462%.