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

Moskal, 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 Moskal surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Moskal in America

Moskal is the 15127th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Moskal surname appeared 1,949 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Moskal.

We can also compare 2010 data for Moskal 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 Moskal

The surname MOSKAL is of Ukrainian origin and dates back to the 16th century. It is derived from the Ukrainian word "moskal", which originally referred to a person from Moscow or Russia in general. The name likely emerged as a way to distinguish ethnic Ukrainians from Russians during the period of Russian rule over parts of Ukraine.

In the early 1600s, the MOSKAL surname began appearing in church records and other historical documents in regions of modern-day western Ukraine. One of the earliest recorded instances is Ivan Moskal, a peasant from the village of Byshiv near Lviv, mentioned in a land registry from 1612.

Over the next few centuries, the MOSKAL name spread across various regions of Ukraine. It can be found in census records, military rosters, and other official documents from the 17th and 18th centuries. Notable individuals with this surname during this time include Petro Moskal (1675-1734), a Cossack leader from the Poltava region, and Yakiv Moskal (1712-1779), a prominent merchant from the city of Kharkiv.

In the 19th century, as Ukraine became increasingly integrated into the Russian Empire, the MOSKAL surname also began appearing in records from other parts of the empire. For example, Hryhoriy Moskal (1842-1912) was a respected teacher and author from the Kursk region of modern-day Russia.

One of the most famous individuals with the MOSKAL surname was Stepan Moskal (1904-1983), a Ukrainian nationalist and military leader who fought against both Soviet and Nazi forces during World War II. He was a prominent figure in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and spent several years in Soviet prisons after the war.

While the MOSKAL surname is primarily concentrated in Ukraine, it can also be found among Ukrainian diaspora communities in countries like Canada, the United States, and Poland. Prominent individuals with this name from the 20th century include Dmytro Moskal (1919-2003), a Ukrainian-Canadian artist and sculptor, and Jerzy Moskal (1938-2019), a Polish politician and member of the European Parliament.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Moskal

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

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 Moskal 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 Moskal 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 Moskal was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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