Moores Surname
Approximately 11,400 people bear this surname
Moores Surname Definition:
Moor(e)’s (Son): v. Moor(e
Moores Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,632 | 1:12,029 | 1,767 |
| United States | 3,185 | 1:113,802 | 12,315 |
| Canada | 2,189 | 1:16,832 | 2,421 |
| Australia | 771 | 1:35,014 | 4,614 |
| Wales | 154 | 1:20,094 | 2,123 |
| New Zealand | 119 | 1:38,053 | 6,460 |
| South Africa | 61 | 1:888,159 | 57,770 |
| Scotland | 51 | 1:104,977 | 7,051 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Barbados | 7 | 1:41,064 | 1,699 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,427 | 1:10,043 | 1,525 |
| Wales | 50 | 1:31,368 | 1,723 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 843 | 1:59,571 | 6,578 |
Moores (18) may also be a first name.
Moores Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Moor(e)’s (Son): v. Moor(e
Moores Demographics
Average Male Moores Height
177.87 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Moores Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moores Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moores is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Moores.
How Common Is The Last Name Moores? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 45,516th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 639,258 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Moores are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Moores is also the 2,608,198th most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 4,632 people, or 1 in 12,029. In England Moores is mostly found in: Greater Manchester, where 26 percent reside, Cheshire, where 12 percent reside and Greater London, where 6 percent reside. Besides England this last name occurs in 56 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Canada, where 19 percent reside.
Moores Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Moores has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 378 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 308 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,020 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Moores Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Moores surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Moores last name are 1.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.6% registered with the political party.
The amount Moores earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 63.79% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,020 per year; in South Africa they earn 8.38% less than the national average, earning R 217,728 per year; in United States they earn 3.89% more than the national average, earning $44,826 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.06% less than the national average, earning $48,165 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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