Mos

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Alternative letter-case form of MOS (“manual of style”)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈmɔs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mos is a surname 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 Mos 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

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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)

Alternative letter-case form of MOS (“manual of style”).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mos 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 Mos 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).

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

Mos is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Spain, Mexico, United States

    Languages: Spanish, French

    Also written Moş, Mös, Moș, Möś, Môs

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Netherlands, United States, South Africa

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla

    Also written Mōs

  • Malay surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Mőş, Môs, Mós, Mo'S, Môş

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Moș, Moş, Mós

  • Romanian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United States, United Kingdom, Italy

    Also written Moș, Mõs, Mőś, Mőŝ, Moś

  • Vietnamese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Vietnam, United States

    Also written Mơ'S, Mờ'S, Mơs

35 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Mos is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In cau-nkh-pro, down, feather 1 tuft of hair

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

  • In cau-tsz-pro, hair 1 hair; eyelash

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

  • In Aragonese, Benasquese and Low Ribagorçan form of nos (“us”, first-person plural dative and accusative pronoun)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Indonesian, initialism of masa orientasi siswa (“student orientation”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Hungarian, to wash something (to clean with water, including brushing one’s teeth)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Mos
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010234#80,926
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000218#80,812
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020214#92,231
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194113—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200812#63,794
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19616—

Reference works 3

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 Mos mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative letter-case form of MOS (“manual of style”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Mos?
A machine transcription gives /ˈmɔs/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Mos 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 Mos?
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 Mos compared with other names?
In Cameroon, Mos 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, “Mos” — the 136th most common given name in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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