Last Name MOE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Large, tall, great.
Origin English, Russian, Norwegian, Swedish, Samoan

Rank 3,094 (2000 US census) 3,496 (1990 US census)
Count 10,740 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.93%, or 9658 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.6%, or 279 total occurrences, as black,
  • 3.77%, or 405 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.43%, or 46 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.88%, or 202 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.4%, or 150 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Russian middle names

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