Moon is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Moon
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Moon

How popular is Moon?

Moon is common in United States.

Moon is ranked 4477 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Moon bearers increased by 8.240217 per cent in 2010 US census to 45528 since 2000, the surname slipped by 10 spots and ranked at 758. The last name was found in around 154 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.69 70.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 19.1 14.85
Black 10.02 10.28
Others 2.18 1.89
Hispanic or Latino 2.02 1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.99 1.05
Moon is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 121265 people have been found who wears Moon as their family name. Moon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
15,965 Azerbaijan10
8,196 Sri Lanka8
1,985 Afghanistan7
144,368 Kazakhstan7
5,010 Nicaragua7
837 Mongolia7
8,040 Guyana6
4,921 Uganda5
2,491 Zambia5
1,372 Nepal4
710 French Polynesia3
5,332 Estonia3
4,554 Guatemala3
1,418 Madagascar3
10,686 Costa Rica3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
70,383 Tanzania3
127,708 Czech Republic3
1,151 Brunei2
4,302 Benin2
17,692 Armenia2
6,103 Cyprus2
2,401 Honduras2
631 Swaziland2
8,593 Slovenia2
15,999 Slovakia2
6,353 Panama2
3,478 Haiti2
1,136 Mali2
11,736 Lithuania2
6,266 Luxembourg2
20,837 Venezuela2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
2,057 Isle of Man1
717 Bhutan1
2,724 New Caledonia1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
165,773 Belarus1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
6,820 Angola1
2,333 Montenegro1
480 Micronesia1
4,435 Togo1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,877 Cuba1
2,374 Bermuda1
2,505 Congo1
19,533 Uruguay1
613 Central African Republic1
573 Vanuatu1
1,005 The Gambia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
11,831 Tajikistan1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
2,715 Gabon1
7,110 Bosnia1
50,549 Georgia1
4,171 Rwanda1
2,613 The Bahamas1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
253 Jersey50
29,242 Zimbabwe46
45,666 Philippines40
4,673 Oman37
2,373 Syria35
3,910 Bahrain34
587 Guam32
2,243 Iraq32
14,536 Iran28
729 Yemen26
7,012 Kuwait26
1,838 Taiwan26
13,120 Qatar23
2,015 Iceland19
1,392 Cambodia18
606 Guernsey18
6,613 Lebanon17
1,018 Libya15
11,059 Nigeria13
39,654 Kyrgyzstan12
481 Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,374 Chile99
2,922 Mauritius91
8,414 Finland85
1,777 Vietnam85
9,526 Croatia78
2,801 Northern Ireland72
2,783 Jamaica71
1,615 Japan70
1,389 Thailand68
11,471 Norway66
89,779 Germany63
7,897 Jordan55
10,614 Denmark54
447 Myanmar52
Countries with hundreds of Moon:
805 New Zealand854
14,593 Italy728
667 Singapore716
8,583 Argentina627
5,019 Ghana559
1,414 Scotland532
6,864 Uzbekistan530
757 Wales497
7,407 Pakistan433
4,187 Greece418
6,052 Romania376
4,235 Tunisia363
400 China344
17,922 Poland334
4,965 Colombia332
10,477 Saudi Arabia320
4,547 Switzerland261
4,308 Israel259
11,661 Netherlands244
4,084 Ecuador230
15,115 Spain220
4,226 Bangladesh199
6,128 Hungary196
2,926 Dominican Republic180
1,923 El Salvador172
10,604 Peru157
6,367 United Arab Emirates155
9,999 Egypt151
6,499 Sweden145
12,863 Belgium141
2,996 Ireland136
430 Macau134
65,100 Indonesia133
9,948 Austria131
4,007 Portugal129
3,842 Albania118
4,793 Bulgaria117
1,641 Trinidad and Tobago109
2,841 Macedonia102
Countries with thousands of Moon:
773 England9,352
608 Sudan7,216
1,217 Algeria4,998
1,946 Mexico4,921
660 Australia4,596
918 Malaysia3,718
1,515 Canada3,418
292 South Korea3,276
14,581 India3,085
2,172 South Africa2,995
1,773 Morocco2,752
6,511 Turkey1,293
6,737 France1,286
330 Hong Kong1,151
11,999 Brazil1,129
5,419 Kenya1,020
Countries with ten thousands of Moon:
702 United States51,554
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Edward Moon was 22 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 1, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Broom from Liverpool. Workman Epaminondis Moon, Philip Moon, aged 24, Patrick Moon, aged 20, 21 years old William Moon, Bryan Moon, aged 26, 22 years old Martha Moon, 30 years old Jno. Moon, Arther Moon (25) Workwoman, and 100 other Moon around 62.3% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, servant, lady migrated to US from Liverpool, Limerick and Belfast.

Moon Namesakes

  • Ellie Moon, from 2016 drama and mystery movie Saddenly Now, who characterized the Bottom.
  • In 2016, T. Moon portrayed the role of Luz in drama movie Love Twice.
  • Jong-won Moon portrayed the minor role of Driver in 2015 action and drama film Sungnan Hwaga.
  • Suk-bum Moon, from 2014 drama flick Haneul e hwanggeummacha, who characterized the N.
  • In 2010 fantasy movie, Vignettes, Genevieve Moon played Sunia.
  • In 2014 drama film, Cheol-won-gi-haeng, Chang-gil Moon portrayed N.
  • Elliot Moon, from 2010 adventure, mystery flick A Genesis Found, who characterized the Gardner Patton.
  • In 2007, Hee-kyung Moon portrayed the role of Oh Hee-kyung in comedy, drama flick Jochi Anihan-ga.

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