The MOFFAT surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	3,117	9570	0.001	12
United States (1880 census)	1,051	5235	0.002	21
Change since 1880	+2066	-4335	-0.001	-9
Other Countries
Australia	1,077	1534	0.007	66
United Kingdom	6,159	1016	0.013	134

Top States for MOFFAT by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	392	7011	0.001	12
Pennsylvania	200	7528	0.002	16
Michigan	188	6508	0.002	19
Washington	180	4117	0.003	31
New York	173	11020	0.001	9
Top States for MOFFAT by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Utah	172	1739	0.008	77
Idaho	68	2692	0.005	53
Rhode Island	49	3293	0.005	47
Wyoming	21	3254	0.004	43
Connecticut	105	4356	0.003	31

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of MOFFAT

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MOFFAT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MOFFAT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MOFFAT in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	52	1.67
Black/African American	39	1.25
Mixed Race	38	1.22
Asian/Pacific	32	1.03
Native American/Alaskan	10	0.32
White (Caucasian)	2,946	94.51

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

Similar names to MOFFAT

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MOFFAT.

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.