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Early Origins of the Moise family

The surname Moise was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Moise family

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Moise Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Moisson, Moissonne, Moissone, Moissonnes, Moissones, Moisonne, Moisone, Moisonnes, Moisones, Moissan, Moissen, Moissanne, Moissenne, Moissane, Moissene, Moisan, Moissang, Moisang, de Moisson, de la Moisson, la Moisson, le Moisson, Lemoisson, Lamoissonne, Demoisson, Demoissonne, Mosson, Moise, Moises, Moisond, Moisonde, Moisont, Moisent, Moisen, Moisons, Moisanc, Moisand, Moissond, Moissond, Moissonde, Moissont, Moissent, Moissons, Moissanc and many more.

Early Notables of the Moise family

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Moise Ranking

In the United States, the name Moise is the 10,184th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Moise migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Moise Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Timothy Moise, who landed in Virginia in 1622 2
Moise Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Marie Hebert Moise, aged 43, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1785 2
Moise Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Antonio Moise, aged 52, who immigrated to the United States, in 1892
Moise Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Avram Moise, aged 18, who landed in America, in 1902
  • Basmaran Moise, aged 32, who immigrated to America, in 1905
  • Anna G. Moise, who settled in America, in 1905
  • Abraham Moise, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States from Paris, France, in 1907

Contemporary Notables of the name Moise (post 1700) +

  • Edwin Evariste Moise (1918-1998), American mathematician and mathematics education reformer
  • Edwin Warren Moise, American politician, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1853-55; Member of Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1859; Louisiana State Attorney General 3
  • E. M. Moise, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from South Carolina 7th District, 1892 3
  • Davis DeLeon Moise, American politician, Member of South Carolina State Senate from Sumter County, 1925-26 3
  • Jovenel Moïse (1968-2021), Haitian entrepreneur and politician who was President of Haiti from 2017 until his assassination in 2021
  • Moudourou Moise (b. 1985), Cameroon-born footballer
  • Moise Yacoub Safra (1935-2014), Brazilian billionaire financier, founder of Banco Safra
  • Moise Verrette, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1916 (Honorary Vice-President); Member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 3rd District; Elected 1916 4


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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