# Moose (surname)

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

An English surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,459 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,399 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 89,259 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.6% (3,551 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* Americanized form of German Moos. * Translation and shortening of a Native American name with a word meaning “moose”, such as Dakota ta.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moose 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Moss, Moise, Mose, Moos, Mohs, Mouse, Mook, Moyes, McCoy, Mejia, McGee, Mack.

## 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.