The Moskal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,949 people carried this name — #15,127 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,957).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Moskal surname
Probably borrowed from Russian моска́ль (moskálʹ).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Moskal» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
6,247 people named Moskal have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,058 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Moskal.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Moskal live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 print
Moskal in American newspapers,
1914–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,899 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moskal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ilja Moskal 1919–1943
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Stanisław Andrzej Moskal 1921–2008 · university teacher
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Edward Moskal 1924–2005 · entrepreneur
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Josef Moskal 1925–1980
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Jerzy Moskal 1930–2016 · graphic artist
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Stanisław Moskal 1935–2019 · scientist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moskal.
- Moschini 134 · U.S. census
- Moscone 356 · U.S. census
- Mosconi 373 · U.S. census
- Moser 30,483 · U.S. census
- Moses 39,216 · U.S. census
- Mosimann 137 · 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
- Mossler 127 · U.S. census
- Mosso 969 · U.S. census
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