Moše

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Moše is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: 1 . Italian (pronounced as two syllables): from the Biblical name Mose, Italian equivalent of Moses. This surname is widespread in northern Italy, and is especially common Trieste and Venetia. 2.

rarermore common
  • DKDenmark1 in 7.9K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 163K
  • NONorway1 in 391K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

2,044 people, 2010

Sources
7 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 7.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mose in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

1 . Italian (pronounced as two syllables): from the Biblical name Mose, Italian equivalent of Moses. This surname is widespread in northern Italy, and is especially common Trieste and Venetia. 2. Catalan (Mose): from Mosse, Catalan and Occitan (southern France) form of the Biblical name Moses. 3. Danish: topographic name from mose ‘swamp’, ‘bog’.

Sources 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Moše counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Moše is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2,0441 in 163K2.1KMose5
DK Denmark7391 in 7.9K739——
BR Brazil1301 in 1.6M130——
AR Argentina461 in 989K46——
IN India161 in 83M16—1
NO Norway141 in 391K24——
CZ Czechia121 in 892K12——
HR Croatia≈8 est.≈1 in 558K10Moše7

2,044 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Moše is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name13 spellings in the group

    Also written Mosė, Mosé, Mošè, Mōše, Moşe

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Mose, Mōše, Moşe, Mošė

  • Czech surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Mose, Mosè, Moşe, Möse, Mōše

  • Polish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States

    Also written Mose, Mōše, Mosè, Möse

  • Hebrew given name17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, India, Iran, Yemen

    Also written מוסה, Moussa, Moosa, Mose, Mosse

  • Finnish name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Mose, Mosè, Moşe

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mose

  • English surname41 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Germany, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Albanian

    Also written Mose, Moese, Möse, მოსე, Mose'

  • Spanish surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mose, Mosè, Mosé, Moşe, Mōšé

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Moses Montefiore, b. 1784Moshe Sharett, b. 1894Moshe Dayan, b. 1915Moshe Arens, b. 1925Moshe Katsav, b. 1945Moshe Ya'alon, b. 1950Moshe Edri, b. 1951Moshe Gafni, b. 1952Moshe Kahlon, b. 1960Moshe Feiglin, b. 1962
  • Moses Montefioreb. 1784GBnot in their usual nameBritish financier and Jewish activist (1784–1885)
  • Moshe Sharettb. 1894ILnot in their usual name2nd Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955
  • Moshe Dayanb. 1915ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
  • Moshe Arensb. 1925ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli diplomat, member of Knesset, and professor of aeronautics (1925-2019)
  • Moshe Katsavb. 1945ILnot in their usual name8th President of Israel (2000–2007)
  • Moshe Ya'alonb. 1950ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli military officer and politician
  • Moshe Edrib. 1951ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli film producer
  • Moshe Gafnib. 1952ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
  • Moshe Kahlonb. 1960ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
  • Moshe Feiglinb. 1962ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Moše
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2#24,782

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Moše mean, and where does it come from?
1 . Italian (pronounced as two syllables): from the Biblical name Mose, Italian equivalent of Moses. This surname is widespread in northern Italy, and is especially common Trieste and Venetia. 2. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Dizionario dei cognomi italiani and 2 other sources.
In which country does Moše have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Moše, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mose.
Where is Moše most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Moše is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 7.9 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Moše?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,044 people named Moše in 2010, about 1 in 163 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Moše”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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