Móş

given name · Latin script

Móş is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 1Kas Maurice(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 1.2Kas Maurice
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 1.8Kas Maurice

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Móş itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈310,000 named Maurice, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
386 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est., as Maurice

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MauriceLatin(measured from records)
МошCyrillic(measured from records)
มอร์ริสThai(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Maurice in FR France, BE Belgium, CM Cameroon and 2 more and Moritz in US United States, DE Germany.

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)

recorded in Korean

[군사], 주특기, military occupational speciality

Sources 2

  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Móş 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 Móş is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈310,000 est.≈1 in 4.6K—Maurice22
US United States—71,289as Maurice1 in 4.7K319KMoritz386
FR France#181≈57,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K337KMaurice355
DE Germany—≈42,000 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Moritz258
CD Congo - Kinshasa#229≈41,000 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Maurice18
CM Cameroon#136≈28,000 est.≈1 in 1K—Maurice32
BE Belgium#147≈6,400 est.≈1 in 1.8K989Maurice105
GY Guyana—410as Maurice1 in 1.8K773—1

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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Móş under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Móş a male or female name?
Móş is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Móş have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 306 thousand people named Maurice in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Móş?
In the United States, the national register counted 71,289 people named Maurice in 2020, about 1 in 4.7 thousand residents.
How common is Móş compared with other names?
In Cameroon, Móş is the 136th most common given name of 9,064 given names recorded there.

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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, “Móş” — the 136th most common given name in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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