Moffatt meaning | Last name Moffatt origin

Following is the meaning of Moffatt surname. Family name Moffatt is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Moffatt
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ghana
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Moffatt

Moffatt is used as a family name or surname in Ghana languages. Moffatt has 7 characters long in length.

Moffatt is common in Ghana country(ies).

Moffatt is ranked 26749 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Moffatt bearers increased by 3.769705 per cent in 2010 US census to 4542 since 2000, the surname slipped by 290 spots and ranked at 7339. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.18 86.59
Black 11.73 9.34
Hispanic or Latino 2.69 1.92
Others 1.45 1.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.53 0.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.43

How popular is Moffatt?

Moffatt is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 19025 people have been found who wears Moffatt as their family name. Moffatt is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
705 Gibraltar7
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
119,730 Brazil3
18,718 Thailand2
54,641 Sweden2
23,344 Austria2
14,521 Portugal2
44,018 Poland2
6,353 Panama2
20,595 China2
6,266 Luxembourg2
20,186 Kenya2
47,891 Norway1
810,193 Indonesia1
734 Chad1
53,033 Nigeria1
1,253 Burundi1
16,228 Bulgaria1
123,175 Tanzania1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
2,190 Barbados1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

Sarah Moffatt was 23 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 1, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as workwoman and took Orphan from Liverpool. Catharine Moffatt (25) Widow, Robert Moffatt, aged 1 year old, Workwoman Kath. Moffatt, Immigrant Ellen Moffatt, Thomas Moffatt, aged 22, Ann Moffatt (20) Immigrant, Margt. Moffatt (22) Spinster, Jane Moffatt, aged 21, and 50 other Moffatt around 40% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and clerk, carpenter, servant migrated to US.

Celebrities having Moffatt surname

Ariane Moffatt Singer-songwriter
Walter Moffatt Politician
John Moffatt Actor
Byron Moffatt Britton Politician
Hugh Moffatt Singer
Tom Moffatt Politician
Thomas Moffatt Politician
Tom Moffatt Politician
Tom Moffatt Politician
Peter Moffatt Television Director

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