Moffatt is used as a family name or surname in Ghana. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Moffatt
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ghana
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Moffatt

How popular is Moffatt?

Moffatt is common in Ghana.

Moffatt is ranked 26749 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Moffatt bearers increased by 3.769705 per cent in 2010 US census to 4542 since 2000, the surname slipped by 290 spots and ranked at 7339. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.18 86.59
Black 11.73 9.34
Hispanic or Latino 2.69 1.92
Others 1.45 1.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.43
Moffatt is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 19025 people have been found who wears Moffatt as their family name. Moffatt is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
705 Gibraltar7
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
119,730 Brazil3
18,718 Thailand2
54,641 Sweden2
23,344 Austria2
14,521 Portugal2
44,018 Poland2
6,353 Panama2
20,595 China2
6,266 Luxembourg2
20,186 Kenya2
47,891 Norway1
810,193 Indonesia1
734 Chad1
53,033 Nigeria1
1,253 Burundi1
16,228 Bulgaria1
123,175 Tanzania1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
2,190 Barbados1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
10,190 Bahrain1
1,704,541 India1
24,771 Colombia1
42,479 Greece1
17,768 Pakistan1
40,340 Malaysia1
17,575 Kuwait1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
3,071 Jersey1
8,371 Syria1
29,046 Japan1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
153,416 Italy1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,790 Zambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
28,564 Switzerland36
55,100 Spain33
416 Guernsey24
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,327 Guyana94
148 Isle of Man69
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Moffatt:
6,966 South Africa931
2,060 New Zealand367
2,440 Scotland282
1,830 Ireland273
1,521 Wales260
1,273 Northern Ireland227
1,424 Jamaica196
71,225 Germany134
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Moffatt:
6,615 United States5,836
1,316 Canada3,894
2,596 England3,044
1,724 Australia1,846
2,627 Ghana1,198
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Sarah Moffatt was 23 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 1, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as workwoman and took Orphan from Liverpool. Catharine Moffatt (25) Widow, Robert Moffatt, aged 1 year old, Workwoman Kath. Moffatt, Immigrant Ellen Moffatt, Thomas Moffatt, aged 22, Ann Moffatt (20) Immigrant, Margt. Moffatt (22) Spinster, Jane Moffatt, aged 21, and 50 other Moffatt around 40% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and clerk, carpenter, servant migrated to US.

Moffatt Namesakes

  • Ariane Moffatt, Singer-songwriter
  • Walter Moffatt, Politician
  • John Moffatt, Actor
  • Byron Moffatt Britton, Politician
  • Hugh Moffatt, Singer
  • Tom Moffatt, Politician
  • Thomas Moffatt, Politician
  • Tom Moffatt, Politician
  • Tom Moffatt, Politician
  • Peter Moffatt, Television Director

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