Family name Moab (Moab 
, مواب 
) , throughout the world, is a rare surname. The cognomen Moab is characteristic of Israel, where it is a rare surname, Ethiopia, and Portugal, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Ethiopia, Israel, and Mexico. More prevalently, Moab is the forename as well as the last name.