Moya surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Moya surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 13,526 people carried this name — #2,451 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 552 people named Moya.

266 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 266
Hauts-de-Seine 52
Bouches-du-Rhône 23
Paris 23
Pyrénées-Orientales 22
Aude 16
Gironde 16
Hérault 12
Gard 11

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

157 people named Moya live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 46
Zurich 34
Bern 13
Ticino 13
Vaud 12
Aargau 10
Schwyz 7
Basel-Landschaft 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Moya,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francisco Javier Moya Fernández
    Francisco Javier Moya Fernández 1821–1883 · lawyer
  • Luis Moya
    Luis Moya 1855–1911 · military personnel
  • Miguel Moya Ojanguren
    Miguel Moya Ojanguren 1856–1920 · politician
  • Víctor Moya i Calvo
    Víctor Moya i Calvo 1884–1972 · painter
  • Jose Moya del Pino
    Jose Moya del Pino 1891–1969 · illustrator

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 189 lives in all are documented under this name.

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