Moss

Moss is the 436th most common surname in the United States, shared by 74,470 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 4,014.

By the numbers

People: 74,470
Rank: 436th
How common: 1 in 4,014
Per 100,000: 24.9

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 67.1%
Black, not Hispanic 23.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Moss

Kate Moss (born 1974)English model and businesswoman
Carrie-Anne Moss (born 1967)Canadian actress, producer and model
Elisabeth Moss (born 1982)British-American actress and producer
Stirling Moss (1929–2020)British motor racing driver
Edward Moss (born 1977)American actor
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (born 1977)American actor
Glen Moss (born 1983)New Zealand footballer
Randy Moss (born 1977)American football player and sports analyst

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

Surnames like Moss

Also a first name

Moss has been given to 519 American babies as a first name since 1891, peaking in 2023. 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.