Find out how popular the last name Moghaddam is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Moghaddam.

Moghaddam, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Moghaddam surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Moghaddam in America

Moghaddam is the 39052nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Moghaddam surname appeared 564 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Moghaddam.

We can also compare 2010 data for Moghaddam to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Moghaddam

The surname Moghaddam is of Persian origin, tracing its roots back to ancient Persia, now known as Iran. It is a compound word derived from the Persian words "mogh" meaning "Magian" or "Zoroastrian" and "addam" meaning "person" or "individual." The name originated during the Sassanid Empire (224-651 AD) when Zoroastrianism was the dominant religion in Persia.

In the early Islamic period, after the Arab conquest of Persia in the 7th century, the name Moghaddam was likely associated with those who retained their Zoroastrian faith or had ancestors who had been Zoroastrian priests or followers. It became a way to identify individuals with a connection to the pre-Islamic Persian heritage and religion.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Moghaddam can be found in the "Tarikh-e Beyhaghi," a historical chronicle written in the 11th century by the Persian historian Abul-Fazl Beyhaqi. The text mentions a prominent figure named Moghaddam Ibn Abi Nasr, who served as a military commander during the reign of the Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud (998-1030 AD).

Another notable individual with the surname Moghaddam was Mir Sayyid Ali Moghaddam, a renowned Persian poet and mystic who lived in the 15th century during the Timurid dynasty. His poetic works, including the "Divan-e Moghaddam," are considered important contributions to the Persian literary tradition.

In the 16th century, during the Safavid dynasty, a prominent family with the surname Moghaddam held influential positions in the Persian bureaucracy. Among them was Mirza Mohammad Moghaddam, who served as the grand vizier (prime minister) to Shah Abbas I (1587-1629 AD).

Another significant figure bearing the Moghaddam name was Mirza Reza Moghaddam, a 19th-century Iranian reformer and diplomat. He played a crucial role in modernizing the Persian judicial system and introducing Western-style legal reforms during the Qajar period.

The surname Moghaddam has also been associated with various place names and locations in Iran, such as Moghaddam Village in the province of Markazi and Moghaddam District in the city of Qom. These place names likely originated from individuals or families with the Moghaddam surname who settled or had a significant presence in those areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Moghaddam

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Moghaddam.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Moghaddam was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Moghaddam has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Moghaddam was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of Moghaddam, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!