How common is the surname Moua?

14,013 people in the United States had the surname Moua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,033 Americans. It ranked 2,579th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Moua getting more or less common?

More common. 9,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,013 in 2010, up 43%.

The surname Moua

A surname, carried by 14,013 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moua is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

From White Hmong Muas.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,013 people named Moua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,033 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,776.

#2,579

rank among US surnames

14,013

people in 2010

4.8

per 100,000 Americans

+43.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,347)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,570	Winslow	14,056	21,965
#2,571	Whitten	14,054	21,969
#2,572	Deaton	14,052	21,972
#2,573	Seay	14,046	21,981
#2,574	Squires	14,045	21,983
#2,575	Estep	14,037	21,995
#2,576	Arndt	14,031	22,005

Who is named Moua

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

97% of people named Moua identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.2% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
Two or more races 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
White (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moua

Moua has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.

Questions

Where does the surname Moua come from?: From White Hmong Muas.
How common is the surname Moua?: 14,013 people in the United States had the surname Moua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,033 Americans. It ranked 2,579th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moua?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Moua identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.2% as two or more races.
Is the surname Moua getting more or less common?: More common. 9,776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,013 in 2010, up 43%.