The Moyal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 288 people carried this name — #68,345 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 19% from 243 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Moyal.
Most of them — 103 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Val-d’Oise.
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
25 people named Moyal live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
Who carried it
People named Moyal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Esther Moyal 1874–1948 · writer -
Robert Castel 1933–2020 · actor -
José Enrique Moyal 1910–1998 · physicist
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José Enrique Moyal 1910–1998 · physicist
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Aharon Moyal 1915–1968 · military personnel
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Ann Moyal 1926–2019 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moyal.
- 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
- Moya 18,071 · U.S. census
- Moyano 661 · U.S. census
- Moye 7,657 · U.S. census
- Moyen 150 · U.S. census
- Moyer 37,050 · U.S. census
- Moyet 321 · U.S. census
- Moynier 120 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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