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The Mosbach surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 143 people carried this name — #120,901 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 149 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Mosbach surname

A surname transferred from the place name.

From Old High German Mosabach.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mosbach» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 112 people named Mosbach.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Bas-Rhin 67
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12
Paris 11
Haute-Marne 8
Aube 4
Moselle 3
Hérault 2
Puy-de-Dôme 1

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 20 people named Mosbach 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 20

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Mosbach,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel Mosbach 1555–1603 · jurist
  • Samuel Mosbach 1556–1603 · jurist
  • Samuel Mosbach 1584–1649 · jurist
  • August Mosbach 1817–1887 · historian
  • August Mosbach 1817–1884 · historian
  • Hirsch Mosbach 1865–1942

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Mosbach 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.

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