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    The surname Mosca

    A surname, carried by 2,298 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

    Mosca: #13,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mosca #13,271, 2,298 people Mosca: #13,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mosca #13,271, 2,298 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mosca is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,298 people named Mosca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,354 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,342.

    #13,271
    rank among US surnames
    2,298
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,197)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,263Franko2,301134,179
    #13,264Paull2,300134,237
    #13,267Norby2,299134,296
    #13,271Rodden2,298134,354
    #13,278Balser2,297134,413

    Who is named Mosca

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

    90% of people named Mosca identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Moscas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior
      Brazilian association football player, born 1995

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mosca

    Mosca 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 Mosca?
    2,298 people in the United States had the surname Mosca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,354 Americans. It ranked 13,271st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mosca?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Mosca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Mosca?
    Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior, Brazilian association football player.
    Where is the surname Mosca most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mosca in Brazil.
    Is the surname Mosca getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,298 in 2010, down 1.9%.