Moy Surname

15,106th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bolivia

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.

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Moy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,1121:27,6433,463
Indonesia9,9291:13,3191,679
France2,1891:30,3443,704
Venezuela1,5581:19,3861,416
England1,4971:37,2204,859
Malaysia1,3481:21,8802,008
Cambodia1,1651:13,2941,074
Australia1,1391:23,7013,247
Bolivia1,0791:9,8391,088
India8761:875,64538,328
Canada3941:93,51710,218
Brazil2091:1,024,27936,147
Mexico2001:620,63110,132
Somalia1961:68,6332,887
Peru1921:165,5428,369
Singapore1501:36,7181,328
Philippines1471:688,69570,564
New Zealand1421:31,8905,546
Thailand1401:504,56087,939
Norway1391:36,9955,231
Argentina1391:307,50724,515
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Ireland1081:43,6013,325
Spain931:502,71025,213
Scotland911:58,8334,840
Switzerland791:103,96111,033
Germany531:1,518,97191,373
Hong Kong491:149,7042,938
Cameroon331:629,36647,277
China261:52,589,2912,849
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Colombia191:2,514,42513,479
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Niger151:1,279,46826,841
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Wales121:257,87814,969
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Honduras81:1,102,0554,829
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Turkey81:9,727,678134,647
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Brunei51:83,7461,811
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malta11:430,2723,380
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1261:35,1583,362
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5811:41,9545,292
Scotland221:170,1466,794
Jersey51:10,3761,795
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3201:156,93314,423

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]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

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.

Supplement to Irish Families (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

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

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Chinese) Plum flower.

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

Robert, Roger, Bartholomew de Moeio, Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Hugh, Richard Mey, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

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) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Moy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 15,106th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 197,661 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Moy reside; 35 percent reside in North America and 35 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 55,413th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 11,609 people.

The surname Moy is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 13,112 people, or 1 in 27,643. In The United States Moy is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 21 percent live, Illinois, where 20 percent live and California, where 13 percent live. Other than The United States it is found in 87 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

Moy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Moy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Moy surname increased 4,098 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 258 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 14 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 414 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Moy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Moy last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Moy last name are 16.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.57% being registered to vote for 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moyo86577,233/
Moya86265,709/
Mohy8631,761/
Moye8617,278/
Moyi864,063/
Mooy863,558/
Mouy861,011/
Moyd86745/
Moyy86698/
Moys86558/
Moiy86162/
Moyt86115/
Moyá8643/
Moyp8635/
Muoy8634/
Moyà8631/
Moyé8611/
Myoy8610/
Mgoy868/
Mojy867/
Moyš865/
Mhoy861/
Moyj861/
Moyz861/
Moyè861/
Mo802,791,493/
My80149,098/
Mooya759,846/
Moyes755,847/
Mohiy753,114/
Mohye751,720/
Moyet751,102/
Mohyi75890/
Mouya75823/
Moyyi75707/
Mgoye75628/
Myoyo75582/
Mhoya75543/
Mooyi75488/
Mouyo75405/
Mgoya75365/
Moyat75329/
Mooyo75324/
Moyad75193/
Mohyy75184/
Moyas75142/
Moyed75140/
Mioya75138/
Moiyo75132/
Moyah75109/
Muoyo75107/
Moyau75101/
Moyst7597/
Mioyo7589/
Mouys7587/
Moyot7581/
Mgoyi7573/
Moyid7572/
Moyap7571/
Moyeh7571/
Mmoya7567/
Mgoyo7566/
Moysh7565/
Moyos7562/
Mouye7562/
Moyij7553/
Mouhy7552/
Mhoyo7548/
Moyez7543/
Mooye7534/
Muoyi7534/
Mohya7533/
Moyoh7528/
Moyee7526/
Mmoye7526/
Muoya7524/
Moyis7522/
Moyio7520/
Myoyi7520/
Moyuo7519/
Moaya7519/
Mmoyi7519/
Moyie7513/
Moyoo7512/
Mojiy7511/
Moyaz7510/
Moyaa7510/
Moyiz759/
Moyje758/
Moyyo758/
Myoya757/
Mhoyi755/
Hmoya755/
Mojyo754/
Mmooy754/
Mmoyo754/
Moyés754/
Mhoye754/
Mmohy754/
Moyod753/
Moyop752/
Mohyd752/
Mohyo752/
Muoye752/
Moeyo752/
Moy'e751/
Moyhe751/
Moyho751/
Moytt751/
Moihy751/
Moiyd751/
Moyep751/
Moyha751/
Moyip751/
Moïya751/
Moïye751/
Moïyo751/
Mioyi751/
Mohyt751/
Mojyi751/
D'Moy751/
Mouyh751/
Moyhd751/
Moyii751/
Mou671,415,785/
May671,051,639/
Moe67405,792/
Moh67231,837/
Myo67198,830/
Moi6773,528/
Moo6741,989/
Moa6721,480/
Moz6716,584/
Mot6714,869/
Mey6712,723/
Miy6711,945/
Mio6711,902/
Muy6711,358/
Mos679,490/
Mys675,830/
Moj671,778/
Muo671,688/
Mod671,657/
Mouhyi67963/
Moyeed67775/
Mho67630/
Moß67582/
Myt67568/
Myz67546/
Moţ67496/
Mye67489/
Mohysh67410/
Moyaux67364/
Moț67359/
Mop67322/
Hmy67318/
Hmo67255/
Moyowa67237/
Myd67231/
Moyett67205/
Moş67181/
Mouyet67136/
Myp67127/
Mmo6787/
Mgo6780/
Myh6780/
Máy6775/
Myy6766/
Moğ6752/
Moyije6750/
Moș6749/
Moyaya6743/
Moš6740/
Åmo6738/
Mouyos6737/
Mouyah6732/
Myi6723/
Moľ6719/
Moyich6718/
Mão6717/
Mhy6715/
Moś6714/
Mouyat6713/
Moyott6712/
Mouyap6712/
Mooyad6712/
Mmy6710/
Mojaya6710/
Mooyed676/
Moya'a676/
Moyees675/
Moï674/
M'Ouyh674/
Hmouyi674/
Moyeez673/
Moyesh673/
D'Moya673/
Moyess673/
Hmoyid672/
Moë672/
Mouyee672/
Mouyeh672/
Mouyep672/
Moyaud671/
Moyová671/
H'Moyd671/
Moyahe671/
Muoyah671/
Moá671/
M'Moyo671/
Mouyez671/
Mouyss671/
Moyatt671/
Moyaus671/
Moyodh671/
Moç671/
Moû671/
Moč671/
Muoyad671/

Moy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Moy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﻲamy-
Moy in the Bengali language
ময়maya-
Moy in the Hindi language
मोयmoya-
Moy in the Marathi language
मोयmoya93.75
मॉयmoya6.25
Moy in the Arabic language
موىmwy-

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