# Moy (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,781 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,046 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,161 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (8,523 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /mɔɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Taishanese 梅 (moi3), or a habitational surname for someone from Moy, Aisne or Mouy, Oise in France.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moy 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) | 19% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 68% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 5.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Moy in the United States.

## People named Moy

- Matthew Moy, American actor
- Sylvia Moy, American songwriter and record producer (1938-2017)

## Similar surnames

Moe, Mo, Moo, Mow, Moya, Moye, May, Mayo, Ma, Mai, Moua, Maya.

## 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.