The Mo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,983 people carried this name — #8,320 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 69% from 2,361 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mo surname
Transliteration of Chinese 莫 (mò).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entry «Mo» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Mo.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Mo live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mo.
- Mizera 312 · U.S. census
- Mizrahi 2,190 · U.S. census
- Mizzi 375 · U.S. census
- Mkrtchyan 896 · U.S. census
- Mladenovic 262 · U.S. census
- Mlynarczyk 357 · U.S. census
- Moan 702 · U.S. census
- Moch 540 · U.S. census
- Mochel 305 · U.S. census
- Mochon 113 · U.S. census
- Mock 15,847 · U.S. census
- Mockel 107 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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