Moy is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Moy
No. of characters: 3
Origin: United States
Meaning: Presumably a nickname designating a soft person without will (of the Catalan adjective mollem moll from the Latin). Wet sense does not seem appropriate here.

How popular is Moy?

Moy is common in United States.

Moy is ranked 14088 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Moy bearers increased by 3.027103 per cent in 2010 US census to 8781 since 2000, the surname slipped by 219 spots and ranked at 4046. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 67.9 69.52
White 18.59 18.89
Others 5.64 5.19
Black 4.27 4.05
Hispanic or Latino 3.33 2.04
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.32
Moy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Hong Kong is ahead in terms of density. Around 37482 people have been found who wears Moy as their family name. Moy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,609 Trinidad and Tobago9
26,325 Mauritania5
67,494 South Africa3
41,879 Turkey2
35,969 Denmark2
4,367 Afghanistan2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,777 Jersey2
6,353 Panama2
18,718 Thailand2
14,408 Uruguay2
13,447 Uganda1
10,958 Bangladesh1
8,268 Mauritius1
28,746 Algeria1
123,175 Tanzania1
13,606 Senegal1
18,969 Wales1
14,644 Tunisia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
4,942 Libya1
10,683 Cyprus1
8,859 Iraq1
29,595 Iran1
20,172 Hungary1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,877 Cuba1
25,721 Egypt1
6,688 Malawi1
3,307 Malta1
5,553 Taiwan1
8,371 Syria1
36,814 Romania1
24,176 Qatar1
21,562 Portugal1
58,885 Poland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
37,591 Belgium37
26,164 Sweden36
49,393 Netherlands35
1,865 China24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,636 Ecuador92
67,110 Italy90
10,122 Chile90
5,450 Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Moy:
3,849 Peru755
18,557 Brazil700
21,418 Philippines644
515 Hong Kong581
9,363 Canada428
15,781 Argentina343
2,437 Bolivia341
38,477 Germany269
1,923 Singapore207
6,753 Colombia192
5,195 Norway144
4,243 Scotland138
8,764 Switzerland135
5,718 New Zealand133
21,835 Spain132
Countries with thousands of Moy:
2,028 Indonesia7,577
3,717 France2,131
1,443 Malaysia2,049
3,520 Mexico2,042
22,660 India1,773
1,545 Venezuela1,731
5,551 England1,296
1,243 Cambodia1,173
2,909 Australia1,066
Countries with ten thousands of Moy:
3,674 United States10,895
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Michael Moy from Ireland aboard the Empire State from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 22 years old when he arrived in USA on July 8, 1851.

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Moy is an original locality name (aisne, Saone-et-Loire), represents an ancient name of Gallo-Roman domain modiacum.

Moy Namesakes

  • Carlos Moyá, Tennis player
  • David Moyo, Soccer player
  • Heather Moyse, Athlete
  • Ajene Malaki Moye, Basketball Player
  • Johnny Moyes, Cricket Player
  • Kris Moyes, Director
  • Lucas Moya, Soccer player
  • Alene Moyer, Author
  • Chris Moyles, Television presenter
  • Alexia Moyano, Actress
  • Bart Moy characterized the critical role of Dr. Aldine in 0 horror film Maya.
  • In 2019 action and adventure movie, Cyborg Invasion, Ivan Moy portrayed Cyborg 1.
  • Justin Prince Moy played the minor role of Charles in 2013 drama flick Sour Girl.

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