How common is the surname Moye?

7,657 people in the United States had the surname Moye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,322 Americans. It ranked 4,634th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Moye getting more or less common?

More common. 7,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,657 in 2010, up 8.8%.

The surname Moye

A surname, carried by 7,657 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moye is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,657 people named Moye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,322 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,036.

#4,634

rank among US surnames

7,657

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,609)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,625	Lerner	7,672	40,243
#4,627	Olds	7,670	40,254
#4,628	Isaacson	7,668	40,264
#4,629	Manson	7,663	40,290
#4,630	Flick	7,661	40,301
#4,631	Omar	7,660	40,306
#4,632	Janes	7,659	40,311

Who is named Moye

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

48% of people named Moye identified as Black (not Hispanic), 47% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 47%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moye

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

Questions

How common is the surname Moye?: 7,657 people in the United States had the surname Moye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,322 Americans. It ranked 4,634th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moye?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Moye identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 47% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Moye getting more or less common?: More common. 7,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,657 in 2010, up 8.8%.