Moff

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A thin silk material made in the Caucasus

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

Moff is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Azerbaijan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.4M(measured from records)
  • AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 20K
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 699K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Azerbaijan (inferred from the name graph)

≈520 people, est.

Sources
134 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)

Azerbaijan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled M-Off in AZ Azerbaijan.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A thin silk material made in the Caucasus.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Moff 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 Moff is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AZ Azerbaijan≈520 est.≈1 in 20K—M-Off5
US United States2311 in 1.4M233Moff134
GB United Kingdom≈59 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Moff23
CM Cameroon≈40 est.≈1 in 699K—Moff1
MY Malaysia≈33 est.≈1 in 989K—Moff2

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. 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)

Moff is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written M-Off

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written M-Off

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kyrgyzstan

    Also written M-Off

22 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Moff,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Moff
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000233#76,700
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010231#81,772
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020205#95,461
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Moff mean, and where does it come from?
A thin silk material made in the Caucasus. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Moff?
A machine transcription gives /mɒf/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Moff have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 523 people named Moff in Azerbaijan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled m-off.
How common is the name Moff?
In the United States, the national register counted 231 people named Moff in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.

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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, “Moff”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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