Moat

See also: moat and möät

English

Etymology

From moat, a topographic surname for someone who lived near a moat.

Proper noun

Moat (plural Moats)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moat is the 38640^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 572 individuals. Moat is most common among White (80.24%) and Black/African American (13.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moat”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 602.