Explore the Family Name Moh

The meaning of Moh

1. Chinese: variant of Mo. 2. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 木, see Mu 6. 3. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 蒙, possibly based on its Hokkien, Teochew, or Taiwanese pronunciation, see Meng 2. 4. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 麥, see Mai 1. 5. German: unexplained.

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How common is the last name Moh in the United States?

The surname Moh increased in popularity between the 2000 and 2010 Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, it was ranked 78,549 and then jumped to a rank of 54,418 in 2010, marking a 30.72% change. The count of individuals with this surname also saw a significant rise from 226 in 2000 to 379 in 2010, showing an increase of 67.7%. Consequently, the proportion of the Moh surname per 100k people saw an upswing of 62.5%, moving from 0.08 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#78,549	#54,418	30.72%
Count	226	379	67.7%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.13	62.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Moh

Regarding the ethnicity breakdown of the surname Moh based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the largest group identifying with this surname in both 2000 and 2010 was Asian/Pacific Islander at 68.14% and 67.28% respectively, though there was a slight decrease of 1.26%. Those identifying as White saw an increase of 17.23%, going from 12.83% in 2000 to 15.04% in 2010. Individuals reporting two or more races showed a significant drop of 57.85% while those identifying as Black experienced a considerable growth of 54.97%. The Hispanic demographic had a slight decrease of 13.35%. American Indian and Alaskan Native representation remained unchanged at 0.00%.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	68.14%	67.28%	-1.26%
White	12.83%	15.04%	17.23%
Black	6.64%	10.29%	54.97%
Hispanic	4.87%	4.22%	-13.35%
Two or More Races	7.52%	3.17%	-57.85%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%