Moseley Surname
Approximately 35,400 people bear this surname
Moseley Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Mossley,' till recently a hamlet, but now a rising town in the parish of Saddleworth, West Riding of Yorkshire Probably other small localities would bear the name.
Willelmus de Moslay, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameMoseley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24,664 | 1:14,696 | 1,844 |
| England | 6,605 | 1:8,436 | 1,235 |
| Australia | 1,102 | 1:24,497 | 3,351 |
| Wales | 520 | 1:5,951 | 664 |
| Canada | 500 | 1:73,691 | 8,350 |
| Barbados | 320 | 1:898 | 220 |
| South Africa | 303 | 1:178,804 | 19,656 |
| Jamaica | 220 | 1:13,045 | 1,308 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| New Zealand | 145 | 1:31,230 | 5,420 |
| Thailand | 103 | 1:685,809 | 114,410 |
| Guyana | 93 | 1:8,196 | 1,310 |
| Scotland | 70 | 1:76,483 | 5,732 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 67 | 1:20,358 | 2,366 |
| Bahamas | 49 | 1:7,995 | 667 |
| Israel | 44 | 1:194,492 | 19,021 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Ireland | 29 | 1:162,377 | 7,171 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Northern Ireland | 23 | 1:80,219 | 5,468 |
| Panama | 19 | 1:205,908 | 5,804 |
| Cayman Islands | 17 | 1:3,758 | 489 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Saint Lucia | 10 | 1:17,878 | 1,399 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,622 | 1:9,296 | 1,394 |
| Wales | 116 | 1:13,521 | 806 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,506 | 1:11,145 | 1,452 |
Moseley (164) may also be a first name.
Moseley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Mossley,' till recently a hamlet, but now a rising town in the parish of Saddleworth, West Riding of Yorkshire Probably other small localities would bear the name.
Willelmus de Moslay, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Ricardus de Moslay, smyth, 1379: ibid.
Thomas de Mosseley, 1379: ibid.
1588. John Moseley, Middlesex: Register of the University of Oxford.
1591. Ralph Mosley, of Great Sankey, husbandman: Wills at Chester.
1617. Rowland Mosley, of the Hough, Manchester: ibid.
(English) belonging to Moseley = the Moss-Lea [Old English mós (= Old Norse mósi), a marsh, moor, moss + leáh]
Place name in England.
(English) One who came from Moseley (wood infested with mice, or Moll’s wood), the name of places in Staffordshire and Worcestershire.
Mosley, places in cos. Stafford, Worcester, and Lancaster.
Local. Moss—ley, Saxon, Moose, Moyes, or Moss, a mossy field or pasture.
Moseley Demographics
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Moseley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moseley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moseley (Arabic: موسيلي) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moseley? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 15,736th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 205,863 people. The surname Moseley occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Moseley reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 715,247th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 164 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 24,664 people, or 1 in 14,696. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 14 percent reside, Alabama, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name exists in 80 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.
Moseley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Moseley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Moseley surname increased 547 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 252 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 448 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 322 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Moseley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States Moseley are 14.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.07% registered with the political party.
The amount Moseley earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 152.96% more than the national average, earning 875,436 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 73.58% more than the national average, earning R 412,500 per year; in United States they earn 0.47% less than the national average, earning $42,947 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.14% more than the national average, earning $55,216 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moseley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moseley in the Arabic language | ||
| موسيلي | mwsyly | - |
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Moseley Reference & Research
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