Last Name MOFFATT

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Meaning Local: Of Moffatt, a parish partly in Lanarkshire, and artly in Dumfrieshire.
Local: Derived from the town of Moffat, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Origin English, Spanish, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank 7,049 (2000 US census) 7,189 (1990 US census)
Count 4,377 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.59%, or 3790 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.34%, or 409 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.39%, or 17 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.43%, or 19 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.33%, or 58 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.92%, or 84 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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