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Moy Name Meaning

Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muighe ‘descendant of Muighe’ a personal name of unexplained etymology. English (Norfolk) and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Moy (Aisne Saône-et-Loire; see ) or Mouy (Oise) France. Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southwestern Norway named Moi from Old Norse mói the dative case of mór ‘sandy plain’. Swiss German: perhaps a nickname from Middle High German moie ‘neat beautiful’. French: habitational name from any of the places so called in Aisne and Saône-et-Loire named in Latin as Modiacum ‘(estate) of Modius’ (from Modius a personal name derived from Latin modus ‘measure’). Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 梅 possibly based on its prouniciation in the Siyi Cantonese subdialect (also known as Sze Yup or Four Districts dialect spoken in southern Guangdong) or Hakka dialect (spoken in southern China and certain other parts of Southeast Asia); see Mei

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: May, Moya, Goy, Moe, Hoy, Mory, Loy, Mon, Mo, Toy

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You can see how Moy families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Moy family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Moy families were found in USA in 1920. In 1911 there were 20 Moy families living in Ontario. This was about 67% of all the recorded Moy's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Moy families in 1911.
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In 1921, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Moy. 39% of Moy men worked as a Farmer. .

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Top Male Occupations In 1921

  • Farmer
    39%
  • Labourer
    31%
  • Laundry
    16%
  • Laborer
    16%
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Between 1948 and 2004, in the United States, Moy life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1950, and highest in 1959. The average life expectancy for Moy in 1948 was 64, and 78 in 2004.

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