Moorhouse Surname
Approximately 9,960 people bear this surname
Moorhouse Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the moor-house,' the cottage situate on the moor, a local name common to many places. I had a Moorhouse in my parish (Ulverston), a farmstead still far separated from other abodes.
Read More About This SurnameMoorhouse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,354 | 1:10,407 | 1,537 |
| United States | 2,048 | 1:176,982 | 17,751 |
| Australia | 955 | 1:28,268 | 3,839 |
| Canada | 765 | 1:48,164 | 5,843 |
| New Zealand | 186 | 1:24,346 | 4,252 |
| South Africa | 159 | 1:340,740 | 31,565 |
| Scotland | 113 | 1:47,379 | 4,177 |
| Wales | 108 | 1:28,653 | 2,938 |
| Ireland | 107 | 1:44,009 | 3,343 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Isle of Man | 23 | 1:3,731 | 815 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Jamaica | 12 | 1:239,162 | 6,359 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 55 | 1:80,543 | 5,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,679 | 1:6,626 | 1,024 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:129,076 | 5,773 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 299 | 1:167,955 | 15,192 |
Moorhouse Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the moor-house,' the cottage situate on the moor, a local name common to many places. I had a Moorhouse in my parish (Ulverston), a farmstead still far separated from other abodes. It gave rise to a family of Moorhouses resident in the immediate district for centuries. Some of the many Yorkshire Moorhouses, or Morehouses, are doubtless sprung from Moorhouse, now increased to a hamlet in the parish of Hooton Pagnell, near Doncaster. Naturally we find this name predominant in the North.
Geoffrey atte Morhouse, 00. Soms., 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Adam de Merehowse (sic) 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Morehowse, 1379: ibid.
Thomas Morehowse, 1379: ibid.
Elias de Morehous, 1379: ibid.
1558-9. Oliver Morehouse and Katherine Sprickeman: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).
1621. John Morehouse, Cumberland: Register of the University of Oxford.
(English) Dweller at the House on the Moor [Old English mór + hús]
(English) Dwelley in the house by the swamp or waste land.
Places in Cumberland, Durham, Sussex, &c.
From Muirhouse; a location name in Forfarsh.
The Moorhouses are numerously represented in the Huddersfield district.
Moorhouse Demographics
Average Moorhouse Salary in
United States
$44,400 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Moorhouse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moorhouse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moorhouse is found most frequently in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moorhouse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 51,470th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 731,681 people. The surname Moorhouse occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Moorhouse are found; 58 percent are found in Northern Europe and 57 percent are found in British Isles.
Moorhouse is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 5,354 people, or 1 in 10,407. In England it is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 25 percent reside, Greater Manchester, where 8 percent reside and Greater London, where 7 percent reside. Apart from England this surname is found in 45 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.
Moorhouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Moorhouse has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Moorhouse surname expanded 146 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 685 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 390 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 195 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Moorhouse Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Moorhouse last name is principally Anglican (55%) in Ireland.
In The United States Moorhouse are 17.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.16% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Moorhouse earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 110.63% more than the national average, earning R 500,532 per year; in United States they earn 2.9% more than the national average, earning $44,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.12% more than the national average, earning $55,207 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
Moorhouse Reference & Research
Morehouse FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Moorhouse
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis