Explore the Family Name Moxham

The meaning of Moxham

English: 1. habitational name from a lost place called Moxhams, in Atworth, Wiltshire. The placename probably derives from an Old English personal name Mocc + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’. 2. in Lancashire, perhaps a variant of Moxon.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Moxham has seen a growth in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 69,428 in terms of popularity and had a count of 264 people with that surname. This increased by the year 2010 with the rank moving to 64,721 and the count rising to 307. This depicts a growth rate of 6.78% and 16.29% respectively. The proportion per 100,000 people remained static at 0.1 throughout this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#69,428	#64,721	6.78%
Count	264	307	16.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Moxham

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Moxham surname identify as White, with 95.08% in 2000 decreasing slightly to 93.49% in 2010. In 2010, there was a small but notable increase in diversity within the Moxham surname holders, with 1.95% identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and another 1.95% identifying with two or more ethnicities, where previously there were no reported instances. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic showed a slight decrease from 2.65% in 2000 to 2.61% in 2010. Those identifying as Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native held steady at 0.00% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.08%	93.49%	-1.67%
Hispanic	2.65%	2.61%	-1.51%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.95%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	1.95%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%