The Moos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,821 people carried this name — #15,955 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,858 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
943 people named Moos live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Moos.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 79 people named Moos live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
56 people named Moos have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 72 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
31 people named Moos is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Moos in American newspapers,
1846–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 748,146 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moos,
with a public archive behind them.
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Grace Vera Moos d. 1996
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Heiman Moos 1740–1815
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Johann Kaspar Moos 1774–1835 · painter
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Karl Kaspar Moos 1798–1853
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Wilhelm Moos 1807–1847 · artist
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Salomon Moos 1831–1895 · physician
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moos.
- Monzo 873 · U.S. census
- Moog 653 · U.S. census
- Moonen 364 · U.S. census
- Moons 186 · U.S. census
- Moor 2,365 · U.S. census
- Moore 724,374 · U.S. census
- Moquin 1,219 · U.S. census
- Mor 822 · U.S. census
- Mora 57,464 · U.S. census
- Morabito 2,678 · U.S. census
- Moraes 963 · U.S. census
- Morain 536 · U.S. census
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