The Moons surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 186 people carried this name — #97,671 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 179 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,112 people named Moons live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Moons.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Nord.
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 print
Moons in American newspapers,
1892–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,497,308 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moons,
with a public archive behind them.
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Magdalena Moons 1541–1613 -
Ludovicus Adriaen Frans Moons 1769–1844 · painter -
Charles Moons 1917–2005 -
Louis Adrien Moons 1769–1845 · painter
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Felix Moons 1869–1918 · curate
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Suzanne Moons 1901–1946 · resistance fighter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moons.
- Monty 1,614 · U.S. census
- Monville 268 · U.S. census
- Mony 145 · U.S. census
- Monzo 873 · U.S. census
- Moog 653 · U.S. census
- Moonen 364 · U.S. census
- Moor 2,365 · U.S. census
- Moore 724,374 · U.S. census
- Moos 1,821 · U.S. census
- Moquin 1,219 · U.S. census
- Mor 822 · U.S. census
- Mora 57,464 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Moons is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.