The Moser surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,483 people carried this name — #1,152 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,680 people counted. That is up 3% from 29,485 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Moser surname
A German surname (predominantly in Southern Germany and Austria).
From Old High German mos (“swamp, moor (dwelling place)”); -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Moser» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
13,557 people named Moser live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 1,407 people named Moser.
142 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 711 people named Moser 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
68 people named Moser have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 143 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
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
205 people named Moser are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Moser in American newspapers,
1854–1934.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 101,637 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moser,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philipp Ulrich Moser 1720–1792 · pastor -
Mary Moser 1744–1819 · painter -
Joseph Moser 1779–1836 · pharmacist -
Moses Moser 1797–1838 · rabbi -
Ludwig Moser 1833–1916 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 196 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moser.
- Moscatelli 381 · U.S. census
- Moscato 1,546 · U.S. census
- Moschetti 627 · U.S. census
- Moschini 134 · U.S. census
- Moscone 356 · U.S. census
- Mosconi 373 · U.S. census
- Moses 39,216 · U.S. census
- Mosimann 137 · U.S. census
- Moskal 1,949 · U.S. census
- Moss 76,908 · U.S. census
- Mosse 198 · U.S. census
- Mosser 2,525 · U.S. census
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