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    The surname Mose

    A surname, carried by 2,044 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

    Mose: #14,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mose #14,571, 2,044 people Mose: #14,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mose #14,571, 2,044 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mose is more common than 91% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,044 people named Mose in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,050 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,893.

    #14,571
    rank among US surnames
    2,044
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,457)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,564Copas2,046150,902
    #14,570Amy2,045150,976
    #14,571Varughese2,044151,050
    #14,579Boysen2,043151,124

    Who is named Mose

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

    43% of people named Mose identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 6.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 3.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mose

    Mose 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 Mose?
    2,044 people in the United States had the surname Mose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,050 Americans. It ranked 14,571st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mose?
    In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Mose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mose getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,044 in 2010, up 8.0%.