How common is the surname Mosier?

8,522 people in the United States had the surname Mosier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,229 Americans. It ranked 4,157th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mosier?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mosier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mosier?

Scott Mosier, American film director and producer, followed by Vivian Bonnell.

Where is the surname Mosier most common?

Wikidata records people named Mosier in the United States.

Is the surname Mosier getting more or less common?

More common. 8,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,522 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Mosier

A surname, carried by 8,522 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mosier is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,522 people named Mosier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,229 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,384.

#4,157

rank among US surnames

8,522

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,889)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,152	Rayburn	8,532	36,187
#4,154	McCorkle	8,529	36,200
#4,156	Wozniak	8,526	36,212
#4,157	Mosier	8,522	36,229

Who is named Mosier

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

94% of people named Mosier identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mosiers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scott Mosier
American film director and producer, born 1971
Vivian Bonnell
Actor and calypso singer (1924-2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mosier

Mosier 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 Mosier?: 8,522 people in the United States had the surname Mosier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,229 Americans. It ranked 4,157th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mosier?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mosier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mosier?: Scott Mosier, American film director and producer, followed by Vivian Bonnell.
Where is the surname Mosier most common?: Wikidata records people named Mosier in the United States.
Is the surname Mosier getting more or less common?: More common. 8,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,522 in 2010, up 1.6%.