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    The surname Mosher

    A surname, carried by 15,672 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M260

    Mosher: #2,325 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Mosher #2,325, 15,672 people Mosher: #2,325 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mosher #2,325, 15,672 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mosher is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,672 people named Mosher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,700 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 15,595.

    #2,325
    rank among US surnames
    15,672
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,134)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,316Grubbs15,77319,574
    #2,317Redding15,76719,582
    #2,318Tilley15,75819,593
    #2,319Royal15,75519,597
    #2,320Busby15,75419,598
    #2,321Hillman15,73819,618
    #2,322Cornett15,73319,624

    Who is named Mosher

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

    95% of people named Mosher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mosher

    Mosher has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mosher?
    15,672 people in the United States had the surname Mosher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,700 Americans. It ranked 2,325th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mosher?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mosher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mosher getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,672 in 2010, up 0.5%.