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    The surname Moseley

    A surname, carried by 17,130 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M240

    Moseley: #2,112 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Moseley #2,112, 17,130 people Moseley: #2,112 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moseley #2,112, 17,130 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moseley is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A variant of Mosley.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,130 people named Moseley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,024 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,736.

    #2,112
    rank among US surnames
    17,130
    people in 2010
    5.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #1,981)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,103Hoff17,22317,926
    #2,104Staples17,21717,933
    #2,105Mireles17,18617,965
    #2,106Mohr17,18017,971
    #2,107Ambrose17,17817,973
    #2,108Bellamy17,16717,985
    #2,109McLain17,15218,001

    Who is named Moseley

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

    78% of people named Moseley identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Moseleys

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bill Moseley
      American actor (born 1951)
    • Mark Moseley
      American actor, born 1964
    • Jonny Moseley
      American freestyle skier, born 1975
    • William Dunn Moseley
      American politician (1795-1863)
    • Mark Moseley
      American football player, born 1948

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moseley

    Moseley has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Moseley come from?
    A variant of Mosley.
    How common is the surname Moseley?
    17,130 people in the United States had the surname Moseley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,024 Americans. It ranked 2,112th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moseley?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Moseley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Moseley?
    Bill Moseley, American actor (born 1951), followed by Mark Moseley.
    Where is the surname Moseley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Moseley in the United States.
    Is the surname Moseley getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,130 in 2010, up 2.4%.