The surname Moscoso
A Spanish surname, carried by 2,669 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M220
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Moscoso, from Galician Moscoso.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,669 people named Moscoso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,678 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,783.
Who is named Moscoso
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Moscoso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.6%
- Two or more races 0.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Moscoso
Moscoso has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Moscoso come from?
- From Spanish Moscoso, from Galician Moscoso.
- How common is the surname Moscoso?
- 2,669 people in the United States had the surname Moscoso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,678 Americans. It ranked 11,739th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Moscoso?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Moscoso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Moscoso getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,669 in 2010, up 50%.