Moskal Surname

36,605th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Moskal Surname Definition:

(Polish, Ukranian) A Russian soldier who came from Muscovy, a principality in west central Russia.

Moskal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland7,1521:5,314619
Ukraine2,7341:16,6512,254
United States2,6091:138,92614,482
Russia6101:236,26725,292
Canada4981:73,9878,368
Germany1231:654,51651,119
Belarus1181:80,51712,830
Czechia931:114,33818,644
France841:790,74795,785
England811:687,87739,238
Slovakia561:95,29418,290
Transnistria341:13,9622,679
Kazakhstan331:535,83338,572
Norway291:177,32021,035
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Scotland101:535,38220,332
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Moskál (36) are calculated separately.

Moskal (18) may also be a first name.

Moskal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish, Ukranian) A Russian soldier who came from Muscovy, a principality in west central Russia.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Moskal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Moskal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Moskal (Arabic: موسكال, Russian: Москаль) is more frequently found in Poland than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Moskál. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Moskal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 36,605th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 505,763 people. The surname Moskal occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Moskal are found; 74 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 51 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Moskal is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 18 people.

The last name Moskal is most common in Poland, where it is held by 7,152 people, or 1 in 5,314. Outside of Poland this surname exists in 40 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Moskal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Moskal last name is principally Orthodox (81%) in Russia, Orthodox (78%) in Belarus and Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Moskal last name are 0.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.92% registered with the party.

The amount Moskal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 28.19% less than the national average, earning 248,525 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 27.77% more than the national average, earning R 303,624 per year; in United States they earn 9.44% more than the national average, earning $47,221 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.03% more than the national average, earning $50,196 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moskál9436/
Moshkal92186/
Moskall9238/
Moszkal9210/
Motskal923/
Moskhal921/
Moushkal8651/
Moskatel8625/
Maskal831,480/
Moscal83545/
Muskal83367/
Moskol83116/
Meskal8329/
Moskał831/
Moxkal831/
Moskalová80185/
Moskalova8078/
Maskale77442/
Maskall77388/
Matskal7784/
Mashkal7739/
Mochkal7736/
Mushkal7718/
Moscall7715/
Moszkál779/
Muskale777/
Maskhal776/
Muszkal774/
Meshkal773/
Moskole772/
Muiskal771/
Messkal771/
Maskaal771/
Musskal770/
Meskall770/
Moshkalova7555/
Moushkatel752/
Moscatel71433/
Meshkhal7179/
Muskatel7125/
Mashkaal7114/
Moşkatel719/
Moscatil716/
Mhaskale715/
Maskalle715/
Mashkhal713/
Maskhale713/
Moscalle711/
Moscol675,182/
Mescal67217/
Mascal67151/
Muscal6785/
Muszkatel6773/
Mačkal6770/
Maskalova6760/
Matschkal6748/
Mazkal6741/
Maskol6738/
Meskál6726/
Mochkatel6724/
Moskálová6719/
Moshcatel6716/
Moscatell6716/
Mushkatel6715/
Maessckal6713/
Maskalová6711/
Muskatell678/
Musqal677/
Muskalova673/
Moskolova672/
Moscalova672/
Moskaļova672/
Maskál671/
Muskał671/

Moskal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Moskal in the Russian language
Москальmoskal-
Moskal in the Arabic language
موسكالmwskal-

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