How common is the surname Moriarity?

1,258 people in the United States had the surname Moriarity in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. It ranked 20,937th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moriarity?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Moriarity identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Moriarity getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,258 in 2010, down 6.1%.

The surname Moriarity

A surname, carried by 1,258 people in the United States.

5 syllables Soundex M663

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moriarity is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,258 people named Moriarity in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. That is down 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,340.

#20,937

rank among US surnames

1,258

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,870)

Who is named Moriarity

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

96% of people named Moriarity identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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 Moriarity

Moriarty

Moriarity has the Soundex code M663, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M663.

Questions

How common is the surname Moriarity?: 1,258 people in the United States had the surname Moriarity in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. It ranked 20,937th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moriarity?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Moriarity identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Moriarity getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,258 in 2010, down 6.1%.