Moffet Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Moffet began as a Scottish family name. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “one who came from Moffatt (long plain), in Dumfriesshire”.

• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Moffat.
• That makes it a habitational name, first given to someone from that place.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Moffet surname had 1,015 bearers. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.
• The name also appears as Moffett, Moffatt, Moffitt and Moffit.

Moffet coat of arms

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Moffet family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. For the full story, order the Moffet surname pack.