How Many People Have the Last Name Moses?

39,216

people had the surname Moses in the 2010 US Census

About 1 in 7,524 people in the Census had this surname

Source: Census Bureau surname list

Surname Rank

#887

Of 162,253 surnames

Per 100,000 People

13.29

In 2010

Largest Group

55.1%

White

Change Since 2000

+6.5%

+2,402 people

👥 Race and Hispanic Origin

Most people with the surname Moses (55.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 34.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Moses ranks #657. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 57.9% to 55.1%.

White 55.1%
Black 34.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.2%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino 2.6%

📈 Change Since 2000

Moses grew from 36,814 people in 2000 to 39,216 in 2010 (up 6.5%), and its rank fell from #858 to #887. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 13.65 to 13.29 people per 100,000.

20002010
People36,81439,216
Rank#858#887
Per 100,000 people13.6513.29

🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Moses

RankSurnamePeople in 2010
#884Landry39,391
#885Case39,319
#886Sampson39,277
#887Moses39,216
#888Magana39,105
#889Blackburn39,097
#890Dunlap39,063

👤 Moses as a First Name

Moses is a first name too: about 28,900 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.

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