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    The surname Mosco

    An Italian surname, carried by 671 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mosco is more common than 79.1% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    * As an Italian and Spanish surname, from Italian Mosco, from the noun mosca (“fly”). * As a Greek surname, Americanized variant of Moskos.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 671 people named Mosco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 702.

    #33,894
    rank among US surnames
    671
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #31,235)

    Who is named Mosco

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

    83% of people named Mosco identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mosco

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mosco come from?
    * As an Italian and Spanish surname, from Italian Mosco, from the noun mosca (“fly”). * As a Greek surname, Americanized variant of Moskos.
    How common is the surname Mosco?
    671 people in the United States had the surname Mosco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. It ranked 33,894th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mosco?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Mosco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mosco getting more or less common?
    Less common. 702 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 671 in 2010, down 4.4%.