How common is the surname Mosely?

3,419 people in the United States had the surname Mosely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,303 Americans. It ranked 9,506th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mosely getting more or less common?

More common. 3,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,419 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Mosely

A surname, carried by 3,419 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mosely is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A variant of Mosley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,419 people named Mosely in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,303 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,077.

#9,506

rank among US surnames

3,419

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+11.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,684)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,501	Beery	3,421	90,250
#9,503	Naugle	3,420	90,276
#9,506	Mosely	3,419	90,303
#9,510	Ogilvie	3,418	90,329
#9,511	Thibeault	3,417	90,356
#9,515	Hord	3,416	90,382

Who is named Mosely

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

61% of people named Mosely identified as Black (not Hispanic), 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 61%
White (not Hispanic) 33%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mosely

Mosely 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 Mosely come from?: A variant of Mosley.
How common is the surname Mosely?: 3,419 people in the United States had the surname Mosely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,303 Americans. It ranked 9,506th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mosely?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Mosely identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mosely getting more or less common?: More common. 3,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,419 in 2010, up 11%.