How common is the last name Moon?

45,833 people in the United States have the last name Moon, about 1 in 6,521. It ranks #736 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MOON

#736

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
45,833
About
1 in 6,521
This common or more
36.2%
Who bears it

Of the 45,833 people with the last name Moon, 62.1% reported their origin as White, 20.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 9.4% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Moon

#734 Mcclain · 45,911#735 Johns · 45,892#737 Hutchinson · 45,820#738 Beard · 45,797

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Moon, most common first.

#4,393 Moen · 7,819#10,189 Mohn · 3,011#17,478 Mon · 1,580#28,009 Monn · 908#28,341 Moone · 896#33,142 Mohon · 741#35,096 Moan · 692#49,315 Moin · 461

Also a first name

As a first name, Moon ranks #6,475 of 53,615, with 2,478 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 95 births. See Moon as a first name

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