The Moses surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 39,216 people carried this name — #887 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,520 people counted. That is up 7% from 36,814 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Moses.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Paris.
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 73 people named Moses 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
61 people named Moses live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
50 people named Moses 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
Moses in American newspapers,
1907–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 894,876 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moses,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lurline May Moses d. 1959 -
Marcus Moses d. 1786 · physician
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Jane Moses d. 1800
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Ellie Maude Moses d. 1969
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Hannah Moses d. 1895
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Pessel Moses Hamburger d. 1789
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moses.
- 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
- Moser 30,483 · 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
- Mosset 126 · U.S. census
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