How common is the surname Moultrie?

4,391 people in the United States had the surname Moultrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,313 Americans. It ranked 7,566th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Moultrie?

Arnett Moultrie, American basketball player (born 1990), followed by Olivia Moultrie.

Where is the surname Moultrie most common?

Wikidata records people named Moultrie in the United States.

Is the surname Moultrie getting more or less common?

More common. 3,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,391 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Moultrie

A surname, carried by 4,391 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moultrie is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,391 people named Moultrie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,313 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,893.

#7,566

rank among US surnames

4,391

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+12.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,889)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,558	Toma	4,399	70,185
#7,559	Knepp	4,398	70,201
#7,560	Eiler	4,397	70,217
#7,561	Otten	4,396	70,233
#7,562	Hertel	4,395	70,249
#7,563	Tessier	4,394	70,265
#7,564	Arbuckle	4,393	70,281

Who is named Moultrie

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

82% of people named Moultrie identified as Black (not Hispanic), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 82%
White (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Moultries

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arnett Moultrie
American basketball player (born 1990)
Olivia Moultrie
American soccer player, born 2005
Michelle Moultrie
American softball player, born 1990
William Moultrie
American politician, 1730–1805

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Moultry

Surnames that sound like Moultrie

Moultrie has the Soundex code M436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M436.

Questions

How common is the surname Moultrie?: 4,391 people in the United States had the surname Moultrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,313 Americans. It ranked 7,566th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moultrie?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Moultrie identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Moultrie?: Arnett Moultrie, American basketball player (born 1990), followed by Olivia Moultrie.
Where is the surname Moultrie most common?: Wikidata records people named Moultrie in the United States.
Is the surname Moultrie getting more or less common?: More common. 3,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,391 in 2010, up 13%.
What are other spellings of Moultrie?: Moultry.