How common is the surname Moskowitz?

5,304 people in the United States had the surname Moskowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,210 Americans. It ranked 6,412th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moskowitz?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Moskowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Moskowitz?

Jared Moskowitz, American politician (born 1980), followed by Sam Moskowitz.

Where is the surname Moskowitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Moskowitz in the United States.

Is the surname Moskowitz getting more or less common?

More common. 5,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,304 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Moskowitz

A surname, carried by 5,304 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M232

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moskowitz is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,304 people named Moskowitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,210 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,070.

#6,412

rank among US surnames

5,304

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,213)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,409	Muncy	5,308	58,166
#6,410	Schütz	5,307	58,177
#6,411	Reavis	5,305	58,199
#6,412	Moskowitz	5,304	58,210

Who is named Moskowitz

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

97% of people named Moskowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moskowitzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jared Moskowitz
American politician (born 1980)
Sam Moskowitz
American science fiction fan (1920-1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Moskovitz
Moskovits

Moskowitz has the Soundex code M232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M232.

Questions

How common is the surname Moskowitz?: 5,304 people in the United States had the surname Moskowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,210 Americans. It ranked 6,412th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moskowitz?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Moskowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Moskowitz?: Jared Moskowitz, American politician (born 1980), followed by Sam Moskowitz.
Where is the surname Moskowitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Moskowitz in the United States.
Is the surname Moskowitz getting more or less common?: More common. 5,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,304 in 2010, up 4.6%.
What are other spellings of Moskowitz?: Moskovitz and Moskovits.