The Moskowitz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,304 people carried this name — #6,412 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,070 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 29 people named Moskowitz live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

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

Where they live today

Antwerp 29

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Moskowitz in American newspapers,
1913–1925.

Newspaper page from Northern Wyoming Herald And Garland Irrigation Era carrying the name Moskowitz
Northern Wyoming Herald And Garland Irrigation Era 1913-04-25
Newspaper page from Grant County Herald carrying the name Moskowitz
Grant County Herald 1913-10-08
Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Moskowitz
Casper Daily Tribune 1925-11-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,942 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Moskowitz in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1980s.

120 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Moskowitz. The most, 27, date from the 1970s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 61
Queensland 32
New South Wales 13
South Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 4
Tasmania 2
Western Australia 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Moskowitz.

Who carried it

People named Moskowitz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Belle Moskowitz
    Belle Moskowitz 1877–1933 · actor
  • Henry Moskowitz
    Henry Moskowitz 1878–1936 · physician
  • Joseph Moskowitz
    Joseph Moskowitz 1879–1954 · cimbalom player
  • Joseph Moskowitz
    Joseph Moskowitz 1879–1954 · cimbalom player
  • Abraham Moskowitz
    Abraham Moskowitz 1880–1956 · singer
  • Yoʼel ben Ḥayim mi-Saṭinov, mi-Shots 1818–1886 · rabbi

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Moskowitz,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States3,531 records

3,531 records of the Moskowitz name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2,240
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 547
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 460
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 148
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 93
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Martin Moskowitz

    Born 1917 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; sales clerk. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ester Moskowitz

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Pretoria from Hamburg, aged 19; tailor. From Husi, Romania; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph Emanuel Moskowitz

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 1993; buried at Biloxi National Cemetery, Mississippi.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 3,531 records for Moskowitz in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France8 records

8 records of the Moskowitz name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Serge Moskowitz

    Born 1943 in Sallanches (Haute-Savoie); died 1995 in Creil (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gertrude Moskowitz

    Born 1906 in Londres (Angleterre); died 2000 in Draveil (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Daniel Moskowitz

    Born 1927 in Paris; died 1987 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Moskowitz in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Moskowitz name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jeanette Moskowitz

    Married 1947 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Moskowitz name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Moris Moskowitz

    Nominated immigrants to Queensland in 1911.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Moskowitz name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Pepi Moskowitz

    Died 1891 in Rotterdam, aged 56.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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