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The MOATES surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,225 20219 0 4
United States (1880 census) 108 29851 0 2
Change since 1880 +1117 +9632 +N/A +2
Other Countries
Australia 10 85326 0 1
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for MOATES by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 262 2290 0.006 59
Florida 161 10432 0.001 10
Georgia 139 5119 0.002 17
South Carolina 130 3664 0.003 32
Tennessee 128 4764 0.002 22
Top States for MOATES by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 262 2290 0.006 59
South Carolina 130 3664 0.003 32
Tennessee 128 4764 0.002 22
Georgia 139 5119 0.002 17
Oklahoma 48 7624 0.001 14

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MOATES live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MOATES represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MOATES in Alabama than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MOATES by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MOATES

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the MOATES surname.

Ethnic distribution of MOATES in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 62 5.06
White (Hispanic) 20 1.63
Native American/Alaskan 10 0.82
White (Caucasian) 1,125 91.84
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MOATES surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

MOATES is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of MOATES in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MOATES.

Similar names to MOATES

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MOATES.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MOATES

The following words are slight variants of MOATES that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.