The Moussa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,139 people carried this name — #14,067 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 137,000 people counted. That is up 51% from 1,412 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 812 people named Moussa.
Most of them — 409 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often La Réunion.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 433 people named Moussa 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
310 people named Moussa live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 80 people named Moussa 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
38 people named Moussa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 111 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 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
534 people named Moussa 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.
Who carried it
People named Moussa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Pierre Moussa 1814–1860 · priest -
Jean-Pierre Moussa 1815–1860 · priest
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Salama Musa 1887–1958 · writer -
Sameera Moussa 1917–1952 · medical physicist -
Slim Marzoug d. 2001 · activist
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Slim Marzoug d. 2001 · activist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moussa.
- Mourer 485 · U.S. census
- Mouret 140 · U.S. census
- Mourey 374 · U.S. census
- Mourton 112 · U.S. census
- Moury 158 · U.S. census
- Mousel 406 · U.S. census
- Mousseau 1,350 · U.S. census
- Moussette 198 · U.S. census
- Moutinho 214 · U.S. census
- Mouton 6,535 · U.S. census
- Mouzon 1,465 · U.S. census
- Moy 8,781 · U.S. census
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