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    The surname Moya

    A Spanish surname, carried by 18,071 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M000

    Moya: #2,001 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Moya #2,001, 18,071 people Moya: #2,001 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moya #2,001, 18,071 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moya is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 18,071 people named Moya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,085 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,526.

    #2,001
    rank among US surnames
    18,071
    people in 2010
    6.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,451)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,992Barbosa18,10617,052
    #1,993Hawley18,10017,058
    #1,994Rahman18,09717,061
    #1,995Crenshaw18,09617,062
    #1,996Lackey18,08217,075
    #1,997Varner18,08117,076
    #1,998Staley18,08017,077

    Who is named Moya

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

    89% of people named Moya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Moyas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pol Moya
      Andorran male middle-distance runner, born 1996

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moya

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Moya come from?
    Moya is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Moya?
    18,071 people in the United States had the surname Moya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,085 Americans. It ranked 2,001st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moya?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Moya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Moya?
    Pol Moya, Andorran male middle-distance runner.
    Where is the surname Moya most common?
    Wikidata records people named Moya in Andorra.
    Is the surname Moya getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,071 in 2010, up 34%.