Moses is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Moses
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Shape especially Alsatian Moses (Hebrew Mosheh), a character he no introduction. Name worn by Jews in principle, but we also met him in the middle ages as the name of Christian baptism. Biblical folk etymology is: shot (water), the mashah verb. But it is possible that the name derives from the Egyptian root = msi be generated (by God).

How popular is Moses?

Moses is common in Nigeria.

Moses is ranked 1291 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Moses bearers increased by 6.524692 per cent in 2010 US census to 39216 since 2000, the surname slipped by 29 spots and ranked at 887. The last name was found in around 133 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 55.05 57.92
Black 34.47 33.8
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.16 2.86
Others 2.7 2.24
Hispanic or Latino 2.6 1.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.03 1.5
Moses is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Palau is ahead in terms of density. Around 412307 people have been found who wears Moses as their family name. Moses is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,049 Costa Rica10
18,210 Georgia10
83,734 Belarus9
932 Bermuda9
705 Gibraltar7
854 Yemen6
48,950 Moldova6
1,377 South Korea6
3,259 Ivory Coast5
2,491 Zambia5
513 Sierra Leone4
25,074 Greece3
917 Myanmar3
3,008 Ethiopia3
10,762 Hungary3
384 Seychelles3
4,529 Mauritius3
18,114 Algeria3
46,068 Philippines3
4,138 Bahrain3
473 Anguilla2
41,879 Turkey2
626 Kiribati2
14,408 Uruguay2
18,625 Japan2
1,136 Mali2
28,232 Morocco2
6,266 Luxembourg2
3,670 Mozambique2
1,351 Lesotho2
1,169 New Caledonia2
1,235 Belize2
23,344 Austria2
44,018 Poland2
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
3,014 Taiwan2
292 Equatorial Guinea2
4,367 Afghanistan2
385 American Samoa2
19,093 Finland2
12,741 Ecuador1
880 Djibouti1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
801 Cape Verde1
2,505 Congo1
1,253 Burundi1
10,958 Bangladesh1
11,923 Slovenia1
6,820 Angola1
7,847 Albania1
11,486 Estonia1
141 Nauru1
444 Faroe Islands1
8,371 Syria1
97 Tuvalu1
624 Solomon Islands1
3,275 Nepal1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
5,924 Paraguay1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
3,214 Niger1
24,460 Armenia1
1,572 Macau1
12,270 Lebanon1
29,595 Iran1
6,033 Benin1
692 Guinea1
1,005 The Gambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
95,301 Ukraine44
745 Barbados39
107 British Virgin Islands34
2,677 Senegal32
47,377 Czech Republic23
4,647 Thailand21
1,056 The Bahamas21
1,163 Jersey17
113,815 Kazakhstan14
3,922 China11
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,740 Romania84
276 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines79
137,153 Russia77
165 Marshall Islands75
118 Northern Mariana Islands73
12,704 Sweden73
4,790 Ireland71
187 United States Virgin Islands66
9,807 Denmark59
216 Antigua and Barbuda57
29 Palau54
Countries with hundreds of Moses:
101 Guyana973
6,626 Egypt919
6,641 Pakistan754
1,674 United Arab Emirates634
8,100 Mexico628
18,575 Indonesia624
1,225 New Zealand596
770 Jamaica446
44 Vanuatu440
22,942 France429
1,002 Wales395
1,675 Oman309
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
18,962 Argentina284
1,037 Nicaragua265
1,496 Panama245
2,826 Scotland236
1,874 Singapore213
100 Grenada194
77 Micronesia192
10,604 Peru157
1,581 Hong Kong154
210 Saint Lucia149
64,630 Brazil143
104 Tonga136
5,791 Norway131
22,264 Spain129
7,635 Chile126
10,984 Venezuela125
3,092 Kuwait122
1,036 Fiji122
9,988 Switzerland117
108 Dominica112
59,335 Italy112
23,419 Netherlands111
2,299 Qatar107
381 Iceland105
Countries with thousands of Moses:
418 Ghana9,665
85 Papua New Guinea5,230
448 Malawi4,890
1,645 England4,818
11,816 India3,978
576 Rwanda2,947
1,207 Cameroon2,874
2,170 Canada2,324
1,890 Iraq2,279
447 Israel2,203
1,466 Australia2,172
1,362 Sri Lanka1,956
113 Namibia1,953
1,512 Malaysia1,922
5,033 Germany1,816
811 Zimbabwe1,741
83 Botswana1,661
402 Liberia1,607
136 Trinidad and Tobago1,416
864 Togo1,371
Countries with ten thousands of Moses:
27 Uganda63,667
870 United States42,850
173 Tanzania30,001
376 South Africa18,483
271 Sudan17,010
471 Kenya12,476
Countries with hundred thousands of Moses:
123 Nigeria156,503
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 28 years old merchant Michael Moses who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on October 28, 1848 by Jamestown put out from Liverpool. Nathan Moses (26) Workman, Samuel Moses (24) Workman, Eliza Moses (23) , 34 years old Rosa Moses, John Moses (17) Workman, Workman George Moses, 10 years old Mary Moses, Sam. Moses, aged 20, and 8 other Moses around 38.46% of whom were workman while others worked as weaver migrated to US.

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Moses is an Alsatian name, also named israelite represents the German form tongs, name of biblical origin, derived from the Hebrew Mosheh, derived from Egyptian mos son.

Moses Namesakes

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  • David Moses Almond, Author
  • William R. Moses, Actor
  • Gilbert Moses, Stage Director
  • Franklin J. Moses, Sr., Attorney
  • Milton Moses Ginsberg, Film director
  • Theron Moses Rice, U.S. representative
  • Chayyim Moses ben Isaiah Azriel Cantarini, Poet
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  • Roberta Moses, from 0 drama film Fractured Diamond, who characterized Party Goer.
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  • In 2007 drama flick, Pretty in the Face, Meagan Moses played Maggie.

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