How common is the surname Moose?

3,459 people in the United States had the surname Moose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,259 Americans. It ranked 9,399th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moose?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Moose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Moose getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,459 in 2010, down 2.6%.

The surname Moose

A surname, carried by 3,459 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). Moose is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,459 people named Moose in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,259 Americans. That is down 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,551.

#9,399

rank among US surnames

3,459

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,541)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,394	Hovis	3,462	89,181
#9,395	Borton	3,461	89,207
#9,397	Elia	3,460	89,233
#9,399	Edinger	3,459	89,259
#9,403	Samayoa	3,458	89,284
#9,405	Claussen	3,457	89,310

Who is named Moose

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

90% of people named Moose identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moose

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

Questions

Where does the surname Moose come from?: * Americanized form of German Moos. * Translation and shortening of a Native American name with a word meaning “moose”, such as Dakota ta.
How common is the surname Moose?: 3,459 people in the United States had the surname Moose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,259 Americans. It ranked 9,399th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moose?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Moose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Moose getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,459 in 2010, down 2.6%.