How common is the last name Moss?

74,470 people in the United States have the last name Moss, about 1 in 4,014. It ranks #436 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MOSS

#436

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
74,470
About
1 in 4,014
This common or more
30.5%
Who bears it

Of the 74,470 people with the last name Moss, 67.1% reported their origin as White, 23.7% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Moss

#434 Ramsey · 74,666#435 Christensen · 74,664#437 Ahmed · 74,458#438 Dennis · 74,379

Spelled almost the same

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

#15,001 Mose · 1,891#15,231 Moos · 1,855#23,348 Mohs · 1,123#23,835 Mosso · 1,097#28,606 Moes · 886#47,035 Mossa · 487#52,889 Mosa · 423#87,312 Mosse · 229

Also a first name

As a first name, Moss ranks #21,974 of 53,615, with 457 people. See Moss as a first name

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