How common is the surname Mosteller?

2,933 people in the United States had the surname Mosteller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mosteller?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mosteller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mosteller getting more or less common?

More common. 2,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Mosteller

A surname, carried by 2,933 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mosteller is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,933 people named Mosteller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,576.

#10,860

rank among US surnames

2,933

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+13.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,265)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,851	Henriksen	2,935	105,194
#10,857	Munday	2,934	105,230
#10,860	Messmer	2,933	105,266
#10,866	Owsley	2,932	105,302

Who is named Mosteller

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

92% of people named Mosteller identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Mosteller?: 2,933 people in the United States had the surname Mosteller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mosteller?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mosteller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mosteller getting more or less common?: More common. 2,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, up 14%.