Last Name MOY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Plum blossom.

Origin	Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Irish, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	3,827 (2000 US census)	5,530 (1990 US census)

Count	8,523 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

18.89%, or 1610 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
4.05%, or 345 total occurrences, as black,
69.52%, or 5925 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.32%, or 27 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
5.19%, or 442 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.04%, or 174 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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