Moy Surname
Approximately 36,869 people bear this surname
Moy Surname Definition:
(Celtic) belonging to Moy (Scotland and Ireland) = a Plain or Level Field [Gaelic and Irish magh] (French-?Celt.) belonging to Moy, Moye (France) [perh.
Read More About This SurnameMoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,112 | 1:27,643 | 3,463 |
| Indonesia | 9,929 | 1:13,319 | 1,679 |
| France | 2,189 | 1:30,344 | 3,704 |
| Venezuela | 1,558 | 1:19,386 | 1,416 |
| England | 1,497 | 1:37,220 | 4,859 |
| Malaysia | 1,348 | 1:21,880 | 2,008 |
| Cambodia | 1,165 | 1:13,294 | 1,074 |
| Australia | 1,139 | 1:23,701 | 3,247 |
| Bolivia | 1,079 | 1:9,839 | 1,088 |
| India | 876 | 1:875,645 | 38,328 |
| Canada | 394 | 1:93,517 | 10,218 |
| Brazil | 209 | 1:1,024,279 | 36,147 |
| Mexico | 200 | 1:620,631 | 10,132 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Peru | 192 | 1:165,542 | 8,369 |
| Singapore | 150 | 1:36,718 | 1,328 |
| Philippines | 147 | 1:688,695 | 70,564 |
| New Zealand | 142 | 1:31,890 | 5,546 |
| Thailand | 140 | 1:504,560 | 87,939 |
| Norway | 139 | 1:36,995 | 5,231 |
| Argentina | 139 | 1:307,507 | 24,515 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Ireland | 108 | 1:43,601 | 3,325 |
| Spain | 93 | 1:502,710 | 25,213 |
| Scotland | 91 | 1:58,833 | 4,840 |
| Switzerland | 79 | 1:103,961 | 11,033 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Hong Kong | 49 | 1:149,704 | 2,938 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| China | 26 | 1:52,589,291 | 2,849 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 19 | 1:2,514,425 | 13,479 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Honduras | 8 | 1:1,102,055 | 4,829 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Brunei | 5 | 1:83,746 | 1,811 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 126 | 1:35,158 | 3,362 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 581 | 1:41,954 | 5,292 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:170,146 | 6,794 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:10,376 | 1,795 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 320 | 1:156,933 | 14,423 |
Moy (11,609) may also be a first name.
Moy Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) belonging to Moy (Scotland and Ireland) = a Plain or Level Field [Gaelic and Irish magh] (French-?Celt.) belonging to Moy, Moye (France) [perh. of same meaning and origin as above, the Celtic (Gaulish) word being Latinized mag-us]
Ó Muighe An indigenous Donegal surname. There is also an English name Moy which came to Ireland at the time of the Plantation of Ulster. SIF 116
This is a Co. Donegal name. It would appear to be of dual origin. Woulfe gives the Gaelic form Ó Muighe on the authority of the Gaelic Journal. It can be accepted as native Irish because in a return made in. 1751 by the parish priest of Stranorlar there are three O'Moyes. On the other hand we find Henry Moy an undertaker in the Plantation of Ulster; about the same time there was a noted English 116‘pirate called Lambert Moye: it is possible, of course, that he was of Irish descent. There are seven places in Ireland called Moy, one of which is in Co. Donegal, as well as the river in Co. Mayo, but there is no reason to believe that the surname has a connexion with any of these.
Ó Muighe An indigenous Donegal surname. There is also an English name Moy which came to Ireland at the time of the Plantation of Ulster. SIF 116
(Chinese) Plum flower.
Robert, Roger, Bartholomew de Moeio, Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Hugh, Richard Mey, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Moy Demographics
Moy Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Moy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moy (Arabic: موى, Bengali: ময়, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻲ, Hindi: मोय, Marathi: मोय) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 15,106th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 197,661 people. The surname Moy occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Moy are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 35 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Moy is also the 55,413th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 11,609 people.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 13,112 people, or 1 in 27,643. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 21 percent live, Illinois, where 20 percent live and California, where 13 percent live. Besides The United States Moy exists in 87 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
Moy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Moy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Moy last name grew 4,098 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 258 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 14 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 414 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Moy surname are 16.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 69.57% being registered with the political party.
The amount Moy earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.08% less than the national average, earning 300,811 kr per year; in Peru they earn 87.08% more than the national average, earning S/. 36,266 per year; in South Africa they earn 12.58% less than the national average, earning R 207,732 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.28% more than the national average, earning $25,944,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.34% more than the national average, earning $48,473 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.22% more than the national average, earning $57,244 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moyo | 86 | 577,233 | / |
| Moya | 86 | 265,709 | / |
| Mohy | 86 | 31,761 | / |
| Moye | 86 | 17,278 | / |
| Moyi | 86 | 4,063 | / |
| Mooy | 86 | 3,558 | / |
| Mouy | 86 | 1,011 | / |
| Moyd | 86 | 745 | / |
| Moyy | 86 | 698 | / |
| Moys | 86 | 558 | / |
| Moiy | 86 | 162 | / |
| Moyt | 86 | 115 | / |
| Moyá | 86 | 43 | / |
| Moyp | 86 | 35 | / |
| Muoy | 86 | 34 | / |
| Moyà | 86 | 31 | / |
| Moyé | 86 | 11 | / |
| Myoy | 86 | 10 | / |
| Mgoy | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mojy | 86 | 7 | / |
| Moyš | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mhoy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moyj | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moyz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moyè | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mo | 80 | 2,791,493 | / |
| My | 80 | 149,098 | / |
| Mooya | 75 | 9,846 | / |
| Moyes | 75 | 5,847 | / |
| Mohiy | 75 | 3,114 | / |
| Mohye | 75 | 1,720 | / |
| Moyet | 75 | 1,102 | / |
| Mohyi | 75 | 890 | / |
| Mouya | 75 | 823 | / |
| Moyyi | 75 | 707 | / |
| Mgoye | 75 | 628 | / |
| Myoyo | 75 | 582 | / |
| Mhoya | 75 | 543 | / |
| Mooyi | 75 | 488 | / |
| Mouyo | 75 | 405 | / |
| Mgoya | 75 | 365 | / |
| Moyat | 75 | 329 | / |
| Mooyo | 75 | 324 | / |
| Moyad | 75 | 193 | / |
| Mohyy | 75 | 184 | / |
| Moyas | 75 | 142 | / |
| Moyed | 75 | 140 | / |
| Mioya | 75 | 138 | / |
| Moiyo | 75 | 132 | / |
| Moyah | 75 | 109 | / |
| Muoyo | 75 | 107 | / |
| Moyau | 75 | 101 | / |
| Moyst | 75 | 97 | / |
| Mioyo | 75 | 89 | / |
| Mouys | 75 | 87 | / |
| Moyot | 75 | 81 | / |
| Mgoyi | 75 | 73 | / |
| Moyid | 75 | 72 | / |
| Moyap | 75 | 71 | / |
| Moyeh | 75 | 71 | / |
| Mmoya | 75 | 67 | / |
| Mgoyo | 75 | 66 | / |
| Moysh | 75 | 65 | / |
| Moyos | 75 | 62 | / |
| Mouye | 75 | 62 | / |
| Moyij | 75 | 53 | / |
| Mouhy | 75 | 52 | / |
| Mhoyo | 75 | 48 | / |
| Moyez | 75 | 43 | / |
| Mooye | 75 | 34 | / |
| Muoyi | 75 | 34 | / |
| Mohya | 75 | 33 | / |
| Moyoh | 75 | 28 | / |
| Moyee | 75 | 26 | / |
| Mmoye | 75 | 26 | / |
| Muoya | 75 | 24 | / |
| Moyis | 75 | 22 | / |
| Moyio | 75 | 20 | / |
| Myoyi | 75 | 20 | / |
| Moyuo | 75 | 19 | / |
| Moaya | 75 | 19 | / |
| Mmoyi | 75 | 19 | / |
| Moyie | 75 | 13 | / |
| Moyoo | 75 | 12 | / |
| Mojiy | 75 | 11 | / |
| Moyaz | 75 | 10 | / |
| Moyaa | 75 | 10 | / |
| Moyiz | 75 | 9 | / |
| Moyje | 75 | 8 | / |
| Moyyo | 75 | 8 | / |
| Myoya | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mhoyi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Hmoya | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mojyo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mmooy | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mmoyo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Moyés | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mhoye | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mmohy | 75 | 4 | / |
| Moyod | 75 | 3 | / |
| Moyop | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mohyd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mohyo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Muoye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Moeyo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Moy'e | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moyhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moyho | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moytt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moihy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moiyd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moyep | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moyha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moyip | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moïya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moïye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moïyo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mioyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mohyt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mojyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| D'Moy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mouyh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moyhd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moyii | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mou | 67 | 1,415,785 | / |
| May | 67 | 1,051,639 | / |
| Moe | 67 | 405,792 | / |
| Moh | 67 | 231,837 | / |
| Myo | 67 | 198,830 | / |
| Moi | 67 | 73,528 | / |
| Moo | 67 | 41,989 | / |
| Moa | 67 | 21,480 | / |
| Moz | 67 | 16,584 | / |
| Mot | 67 | 14,869 | / |
| Mey | 67 | 12,723 | / |
| Miy | 67 | 11,945 | / |
| Mio | 67 | 11,902 | / |
| Muy | 67 | 11,358 | / |
| Mos | 67 | 9,490 | / |
| Mys | 67 | 5,830 | / |
| Moj | 67 | 1,778 | / |
| Muo | 67 | 1,688 | / |
| Mod | 67 | 1,657 | / |
| Mouhyi | 67 | 963 | / |
| Moyeed | 67 | 775 | / |
| Mho | 67 | 630 | / |
| Moß | 67 | 582 | / |
| Myt | 67 | 568 | / |
| Myz | 67 | 546 | / |
| Moţ | 67 | 496 | / |
| Mye | 67 | 489 | / |
| Mohysh | 67 | 410 | / |
| Moyaux | 67 | 364 | / |
| Moț | 67 | 359 | / |
| Mop | 67 | 322 | / |
| Hmy | 67 | 318 | / |
| Hmo | 67 | 255 | / |
| Moyowa | 67 | 237 | / |
| Myd | 67 | 231 | / |
| Moyett | 67 | 205 | / |
| Moş | 67 | 181 | / |
| Mouyet | 67 | 136 | / |
| Myp | 67 | 127 | / |
| Mmo | 67 | 87 | / |
| Mgo | 67 | 80 | / |
| Myh | 67 | 80 | / |
| Máy | 67 | 75 | / |
| Myy | 67 | 66 | / |
| Moğ | 67 | 52 | / |
| Moyije | 67 | 50 | / |
| Moș | 67 | 49 | / |
| Moyaya | 67 | 43 | / |
| Moš | 67 | 40 | / |
| Åmo | 67 | 38 | / |
| Mouyos | 67 | 37 | / |
| Mouyah | 67 | 32 | / |
| Myi | 67 | 23 | / |
| Moľ | 67 | 19 | / |
| Moyich | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mão | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mhy | 67 | 15 | / |
| Moś | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mouyat | 67 | 13 | / |
| Moyott | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mouyap | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mooyad | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mmy | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mojaya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mooyed | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moya'a | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moyees | 67 | 5 | / |
| Moï | 67 | 4 | / |
| M'Ouyh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hmouyi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Moyeez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Moyesh | 67 | 3 | / |
| D'Moya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Moyess | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hmoyid | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moë | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mouyee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mouyeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mouyep | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moyaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moyová | 67 | 1 | / |
| H'Moyd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moyahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muoyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moá | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Moyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouyez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouyss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moyatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moyaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moyodh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moç | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moû | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moč | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muoyad | 67 | 1 | / |
Moy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻲ | amy | - |
| Moy in the Bengali language | ||
| ময় | maya | - |
| Moy in the Hindi language | ||
| मोय | moya | - |
| Moy in the Marathi language | ||
| मोय | moya | 93.75 |
| मॉय | moya | 6.25 |
| Moy in the Arabic language | ||
| موى | mwy | - |
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