Moe

Moe is the 2,896th most common surname in the United States, shared by 12,124 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 24,700.

By the numbers

People: 12,124
Rank: 2,896th
How common: 1 in 24,700
Per 100,000: 4.1

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Moe described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 76.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 13.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Black, not Hispanic 3.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Moe

Jørgen Moe (1813–1882)Norwegian folklorist, poet and bishop
Tarjei Sandvik Moe (born 1999)Norwegian actor
Tommy Moe (born 1970)alpine skier
Karen Moe (born 1953)American swimmer
Per Ivar Moe (born 1944)Norwegian speed skater
Doug Moe (1938–2026)American basketball player and coach
Margot Moe (1899–1988)Norwegian figure skater
Erling Moe (born 1970)Norwegian football coach

People named Moe with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Moe

Moeller
Moen

Also a first name

Moe has been given to 795 American babies as a first name since 1888, peaking in 1916. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.