# Most (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/most/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,645 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,216 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 187,687 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.0% (1,789 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Most in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Most in the United States and Austria.

## People named Most

- Franz Welser-Möst, Austrian conductor
- Don Most, American actor and singer (born 1953)
- Glenn W. Most, American classical philologist (born 1952)

## Similar surnames

Mast, Moscato, Machado, Michaud, Mosqueda, Macedo, McAtee, McQuade, McAdoo, Musto, McQuaid, Maust.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.