Mora Surname
Approximately 873,036 people bear this surname
Mora Surname Definition:
One who came from Mora (black mulberry tree), the name of two places in Spain; dweller at the moor or heath.
Refers to the fruit of the blackberry tree. A town in the Toledo province of central Spain.
Found extensively in Catalonia and also in Majorca, Santilla, and Andalusia.
Read More About This SurnameMora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 183,731 | 1:676 | 104 |
| Colombia | 130,171 | 1:367 | 69 |
| Costa Rica | 88,087 | 1:54 | 4 |
| Venezuela | 84,295 | 1:358 | 58 |
| Spain | 55,746 | 1:839 | 81 |
| United States | 50,758 | 1:7,141 | 842 |
| Ecuador | 46,857 | 1:339 | 43 |
| Chile | 35,746 | 1:493 | 108 |
| India | 24,726 | 1:31,023 | 2,278 |
| Cuba | 23,498 | 1:490 | 86 |
| Dominican Republic | 18,542 | 1:563 | 105 |
| Argentina | 16,879 | 1:2,532 | 333 |
| Peru | 13,257 | 1:2,398 | 401 |
| Philippines | 13,052 | 1:7,757 | 702 |
| Italy | 12,987 | 1:4,709 | 506 |
| Nicaragua | 11,285 | 1:534 | 115 |
| Paraguay | 10,229 | 1:707 | 178 |
| Benin | 10,047 | 1:1,029 | 115 |
| Madagascar | 6,209 | 1:3,809 | 791 |
| France | 5,012 | 1:13,253 | 1,320 |
| Panama | 3,666 | 1:1,067 | 189 |
| Brazil | 3,598 | 1:59,498 | 2,233 |
| Thailand | 3,524 | 1:20,045 | 1,663 |
| Bolivia | 2,474 | 1:4,291 | 630 |
| Indonesia | 2,393 | 1:55,265 | 6,127 |
| Uruguay | 2,162 | 1:1,587 | 195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 950 | 1:8,583 | 661 |
| Saudi Arabia | 914 | 1:33,759 | 4,846 |
| Guatemala | 913 | 1:17,615 | 1,491 |
| Portugal | 840 | 1:12,403 | 1,003 |
| Romania | 746 | 1:26,914 | 3,429 |
| Canada | 737 | 1:49,994 | 6,077 |
| Switzerland | 464 | 1:17,700 | 2,909 |
| Nigeria | 443 | 1:399,871 | 21,013 |
| El Salvador | 420 | 1:15,104 | 817 |
| Honduras | 380 | 1:23,201 | 882 |
| England | 356 | 1:156,511 | 14,782 |
| Tanzania | 355 | 1:149,131 | 13,558 |
| New Zealand | 347 | 1:13,050 | 2,272 |
| Puerto Rico | 342 | 1:10,381 | 511 |
| Poland | 324 | 1:117,311 | 17,528 |
| Germany | 323 | 1:249,243 | 27,070 |
| Taiwan | 323 | 1:72,584 | 744 |
| Cameroon | 307 | 1:67,652 | 8,528 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Nepal | 272 | 1:104,709 | 2,142 |
| Australia | 269 | 1:100,356 | 11,341 |
| Russia | 252 | 1:571,917 | 51,083 |
| Egypt | 246 | 1:373,723 | 23,401 |
| Andorra | 227 | 1:369 | 52 |
| Belgium | 220 | 1:52,257 | 8,540 |
| Algeria | 219 | 1:176,400 | 21,809 |
| Czechia | 157 | 1:67,729 | 11,368 |
| Pakistan | 144 | 1:1,240,583 | 14,646 |
| Zimbabwe | 144 | 1:107,210 | 14,835 |
| Haiti | 131 | 1:81,557 | 4,212 |
| Turkey | 129 | 1:603,267 | 32,435 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 127 | 1:10,740 | 1,472 |
| Ukraine | 125 | 1:364,182 | 44,868 |
| Serbia | 123 | 1:58,089 | 5,461 |
| South Africa | 119 | 1:455,275 | 38,276 |
| Netherlands | 109 | 1:154,928 | 23,054 |
| Albania | 94 | 1:31,001 | 4,799 |
| Greece | 78 | 1:142,049 | 23,538 |
| Norway | 78 | 1:65,927 | 9,320 |
| Niger | 68 | 1:282,236 | 8,651 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Sweden | 50 | 1:196,935 | 13,646 |
| Belize | 49 | 1:7,255 | 1,099 |
| Kenya | 43 | 1:1,073,951 | 34,763 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Afghanistan | 38 | 1:846,136 | 8,622 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Scotland | 33 | 1:162,237 | 9,329 |
| Suriname | 32 | 1:17,269 | 4,028 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Cambodia | 30 | 1:516,238 | 4,247 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| Lithuania | 25 | 1:121,384 | 14,277 |
| Micronesia | 24 | 1:4,427 | 583 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Slovakia | 20 | 1:266,822 | 40,422 |
| Japan | 19 | 1:6,728,647 | 42,320 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 1:220,765 | 6,223 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Latvia | 10 | 1:205,005 | 22,061 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Malawi | 6 | 1:2,853,185 | 24,029 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Angola | 5 | 1:5,397,843 | 6,980 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1:6,936,187 | 18,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Gabon | 2 | 1:944,597 | 6,773 |
| Gambia | 2 | 1:961,726 | 1,013 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1:13,510,346 | 23,679 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 19 | 1:233,151 | 10,389 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 507 | 1:99,051 | 10,068 |
The alternate forms: Móra (540), Môra (6), Morá (5), Morà (1) & Môrà (1) are calculated separately.
Mora (39,194) may also be a first name.
Mora Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Mora (black mulberry tree), the name of two places in Spain; dweller at the moor or heath.
Refers to the fruit of the blackberry tree. A town in the Toledo province of central Spain.
Found extensively in Catalonia and also in Majorca, Santilla, and Andalusia. Name of several villages near Leon, Albacete, Vich, Tortosa, Teruel, and Toledo. Found as part of name of several other villages. Derived from latin "maura" to Spanish "morar" - to inhabit, to dwell.
"Mora" comes from the latin "mora" and means mulberry.
Various bearers of name not necessarily related.
(Irish) Grandson of Mordhr (majestic).
User-submitted Reference
This family name could be seen as a toponym from the Portuguese city of Moura, where there is the legend of the Moorish princess who fell in love with a Christian knight. The word Moor itself is used to refer to the north-African people who once conquered the Iberian peninsula. The term also exists in French as More, Maure, from the Latin Maurus (meaning a Mauritanian, an inhabitant of Mauritania), from the Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, 'Mauretanian'), which in turn refers to 'dark', as the invaders were seen as being dark-skinned. It's also related to the given names Mauro, Maurício, Mauritius.
- kauemouraI believe this surname hails from Spain, where Mora is a small village near Santa Fe, Granada.
- cathyenmoraMora Demographics
Average Mora Salary in
United States
$37,510 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mora Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mora (Bengali: মোরা, Hindi: मोरा, Marathi: मोरा, Oriya: େମାରା, Russian: Мора) is more commonly found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Móra, Môra, Morá, Morà or Môrà. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mora? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mora is the 620th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,347 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Mora reside; 40 percent reside in South America and 25 percent reside in Caribbean South America. It is also the 22,588th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 39,194 people.
This surname is most widely held in Mexico, where it is carried by 183,731 people, or 1 in 676. In Mexico it is most common in: México, where 13 percent are found, Jalisco, where 13 percent are found and Michoacán, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Mexico it is found in 156 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 15 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 10 percent are found.
Mora Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mora has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 10,011 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 5,086 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 471 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 26 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (89%) in Ireland, Catholic (25%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Mora are 41.99% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.22% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mora earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 26.89% less than the national average, earning €21,956 per year; in Norway they earn 13.02% less than the national average, earning 301,018 kr per year; in Peru they earn 4.8% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,315 per year; in South Africa they earn 37.38% more than the national average, earning R 326,460 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.81% more than the national average, earning $23,340,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.07% less than the national average, earning $37,510 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.41% less than the national average, earning $49,477 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mora in the Bengali language | ||
| মোরা | mora | - |
| Mora in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरा | mora | 98.88 |
| मॉरा | mora | 1.12 |
| Mora in the Hindi language | ||
| मोरा | mora | 96.11 |
| मोड़ा | mora | 1.56 |
| मोरां | moram | 1.07 |
| मोर | mora | 0.49 |
| मो्र | mora | 0.19 |
| ़मोरा | mora | 0.1 |
| मिरा | mira | 0.1 |
| मौरा | maura | 0.1 |
| मोड़ | mora | 0.1 |
| Mora in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାରା | emara | 80 |
| ମରା | mara | 16 |
| ରାଓ | ra'o | 4 |
| Mora in the Russian language | ||
| Мора | mora | - |
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Mora Reference & Research
Mora DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Mora FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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