How common is the surname Moos?

1,821 people in the United States had the surname Moos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,547 Americans. It ranked 15,955th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moos?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Moos getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,821 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Moos

A surname, carried by 1,821 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moos is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,821 people named Moos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,547 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,858.

#15,955

rank among US surnames

1,821

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #14,671)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,947	Butner	1,822	169,454
#15,955	Brightman	1,821	169,547
#15,959	Burchette	1,820	169,640
#15,964	Cuccia	1,819	169,734

Who is named Moos

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

94% of people named Moos identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moos

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

Questions

How common is the surname Moos?: 1,821 people in the United States had the surname Moos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,547 Americans. It ranked 15,955th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moos?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Moos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Moos getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,821 in 2010, down 2.0%.