The Moe Last Name

Moe is a Norwegian surname. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “dweller on the heath or low land”.

• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Mó.
• Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.
• Smith also lists Moen.
• In the 2010 US Census, 11,150 Americans gave Moe as their last name (rank 3,238). It sits among the 5,000 most common last names in the country.

Moe coat of arms

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Moe, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Want more than a summary? See the Moe family name pack.