Mora Surname

620th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 873,036 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

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.

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Mora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico183,7311:676104
Colombia130,1711:36769
Costa Rica88,0871:544
Venezuela84,2951:35858
Spain55,7461:83981
United States50,7581:7,141842
Ecuador46,8571:33943
Chile35,7461:493108
India24,7261:31,0232,278
Cuba23,4981:49086
Dominican Republic18,5421:563105
Argentina16,8791:2,532333
Peru13,2571:2,398401
Philippines13,0521:7,757702
Italy12,9871:4,709506
Nicaragua11,2851:534115
Paraguay10,2291:707178
Benin10,0471:1,029115
Madagascar6,2091:3,809791
France5,0121:13,2531,320
Panama3,6661:1,067189
Brazil3,5981:59,4982,233
Thailand3,5241:20,0451,663
Bolivia2,4741:4,291630
Indonesia2,3931:55,2656,127
Uruguay2,1621:1,587195
Papua New Guinea9501:8,583661
Saudi Arabia9141:33,7594,846
Guatemala9131:17,6151,491
Portugal8401:12,4031,003
Romania7461:26,9143,429
Canada7371:49,9946,077
Switzerland4641:17,7002,909
Nigeria4431:399,87121,013
El Salvador4201:15,104817
Honduras3801:23,201882
England3561:156,51114,782
Tanzania3551:149,13113,558
New Zealand3471:13,0502,272
Puerto Rico3421:10,381511
Poland3241:117,31117,528
Germany3231:249,24327,070
Taiwan3231:72,584744
Cameroon3071:67,6528,528
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Nepal2721:104,7092,142
Australia2691:100,35611,341
Russia2521:571,91751,083
Egypt2461:373,72323,401
Andorra2271:36952
Belgium2201:52,2578,540
Algeria2191:176,40021,809
Czechia1571:67,72911,368
Pakistan1441:1,240,58314,646
Zimbabwe1441:107,21014,835
Haiti1311:81,5574,212
Turkey1291:603,26732,435
Trinidad and Tobago1271:10,7401,472
Ukraine1251:364,18244,868
Serbia1231:58,0895,461
South Africa1191:455,27538,276
Netherlands1091:154,92823,054
Albania941:31,0014,799
Greece781:142,04923,538
Norway781:65,9279,320
Niger681:282,2368,651
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
Sweden501:196,93513,646
Belize491:7,2551,099
Kenya431:1,073,95134,763
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Afghanistan381:846,1368,622
Iraq371:946,53112,381
Scotland331:162,2379,329
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Estonia311:42,6398,109
Cambodia301:516,2384,247
Iran251:3,071,30192,215
Lithuania251:121,38414,277
Micronesia241:4,427583
Aruba231:4,499638
Guam211:7,6251,143
Slovakia201:266,82240,422
Japan191:6,728,64742,320
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Denmark171:332,04223,714
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
China151:91,154,7714,767
Finland151:366,44725,366
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Belarus141:678,64756,781
Curaçao141:11,232389
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Jamaica131:220,7656,223
Bermuda121:5,440820
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Congo101:498,91011,250
Latvia101:205,00522,061
Monaco71:5,295668
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Malawi61:2,853,18524,029
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Syria61:3,216,83711,326
Angola51:5,397,8436,980
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
North Macedonia41:525,36820,918
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Macau31:200,543803
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Solomon Islands31:193,34319,495
Sri Lanka31:6,936,18718,422
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Gabon21:944,5976,773
Gambia21:961,7261,013
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Ghana21:13,510,34623,679
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Anguilla11:13,436792
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Dominica11:75,891912
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5071:99,05110,068

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.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

(Irish) Grandson of Mordhr (majestic).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

- kauemoura

I believe this surname hails from Spain, where Mora is a small village near Santa Fe, Granada.

- cathyenmora

Mora Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mora Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mora (Bengali: মোরা, Hindi: मोरा, Marathi: मोरा, Oriya: େମାରା, Russian: Мора) occurs in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Móra, Môra, Morá, Morà or Môrà. For other potential spellings of Mora click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mora? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 620th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,347 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Mora are found; 40 percent are found in South America and 25 percent are found in Caribbean South America. It is also the 22,588th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 39,194 people.

Mora is most numerous in Mexico, where it is carried by 183,731 people, or 1 in 676. In Mexico it is most frequent in: México, where 13 percent reside, Jalisco, where 13 percent reside and Michoacán, where 11 percent reside. Beside Mexico this last name is found in 156 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 15 percent reside and Costa Rica, where 10 percent reside.

Mora Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mora has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mora last name expanded 10,011 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 5,086 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 471 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 26 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mora Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (89%) in Ireland, Catholic (25%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Mora surname are 41.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.22% being registered to vote for the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Móra92540/
Môra926/
Morá925/
Morà921/
Moura89380,278/
Morad8976,279/
Moraa8947,134/
Morra8917,498/
Morga8911,932/
Moras8911,727/
Morea897,655/
Moray895,044/
Mohra892,920/
Morah892,906/
Morat892,370/
Morai892,327/
Moyra892,018/
Moraz891,720/
Moora891,151/
Moira891,054/
Mmora891,026/
Morau89788/
Moroa89692/
Morza89614/
Moraj89304/
Mosra89202/
Motra89181/
Mhora89168/
Moraś89155/
Morha89140/
Morap8997/
Moera8964/
Morač8941/
Muora8939/
Moraç8939/
Moraß8928/
Morúa8924/
Mojra8915/
Moraň8913/
'Mora8911/
Morùa893/
Mgora891/
Môrà831/
Morais80439,010/
Mourad8069,482/
Moitra806,346/
Morash802,346/
Moorat801,833/
Mourra801,351/
Moraux801,248/
Mouras801,002/
Morraz80928/
Morras80814/
Mourah80712/
Moraiz80692/
Moorad80666/
Mourai80650/
Mourat80604/
Moradh80575/
Moraya80538/
Moiras80536/
Morast80526/
Moraud80474/
Moruha80429/
M'Mora80366/
Motrea80332/
Moiray80318/
Motrap80284/
Hmoura80239/
Morach80238/
Mourza80197/
Mouray80182/
Morray80159/
Moreas80159/
Mmorah80155/
Morait80153/
Morrah80150/
Mooraj80134/
Morrea80133/
Morrad80127/
Morhai80117/
Morasz80108/
Moraha8081/
Moraut8080/
Moreea8072/
Mooroa8071/
Mouraz8068/
Mosrat8063/
Mourga8057/
Moutra8056/
Moraja8051/
Morass8046/
Morays8034/
Moriea8034/
Morzai8032/
Moraus8028/
Moruoa8028/
Moraai8027/
Moratt8026/
Moirat8026/
Mouraî8023/
Moracz8022/
Moraia8019/
Moraad8019/
Mooras8017/
Morats8017/
Moorea8016/
Mouyra8016/
Moerai8015/
Moraiy8015/
Moraph8012/
Morajh8012/
Mooraa8012/
Mousra8012/
Mouraa809/
Morgay809/
Mourea809/
Mooray808/
Mourha808/
Moytra807/
Morzha807/
Moirai807/
Morhat807/
Morrau807/
Mohraj807/
Mohura807/
Morooa807/
Mmorga806/
Mourau805/
Moraid805/
Moorai805/
Moradd805/
Mouroa805/
Mootra804/
Mouraj804/
Moirad804/
Mothra804/
Mouhra804/
Mhorga804/
Morrat804/
Morhay803/
Morrai803/
Morahs803/
Morgau803/
Morhad803/
Muorad803/
Moerah803/
Moerau803/
Moirau803/
Mohrah803/
Morraj802/
Moorha802/
Mottra802/
Morgaa802/
Moraís802/
Mosray802/
Mouraï802/
Mohrau802/
Morgai802/
Moraat802/
Moraas801/
Moraij801/
Morazz801/
Moreae801/
Morhaj801/
Morhas801/
Moojra801/
Moorza801/
Mourap801/
Motras801/
Muotra801/
Moirza801/
Mojrat801/
Mojtra801/
D'Mora801/
Moyrad801/
Moorga801/
Mgorga801/
Mouraý801/
Moraah801/
Motrai801/
Moyrah801/
Moyrat801/
Moyray801/
Morhač801/
Mooréa801/
Moraaj801/
Moradt801/
Moirea801/
Moraës801/
Moraïs801/
Moraïz801/
Moratd801/
Mhorah801/
Moiroa801/
Mosrap801/
Morhea800/
Moreat800/
More75837,337/
Mori75662,127/
Mara75187,491/
Mera75150,882/
Moro75135,235/
Mura75121,460/
Mory7512,191/
Mára75449/
Moré75365/
Moró75120/
Morè7541/
Morj7534/
Morê756/
Māra753/
Morí752/
Morasch731,688/
Moutray73843/
Mouraud73631/
Mouraux73561/
Moireau73465/
Mohrach73273/
Moreaud73256/
Mourrat73201/
Moiraud73177/
Mouraai73170/
Morhaus73160/
Motrash73153/
Morraja73146/
Morault73132/
Morrach73122/
Moreash73105/
Morhach7383/
Morratz7371/
Mouraya7361/
Moorast7361/
Mourait7352/
Moraova7346/
Morrast7345/
Mooradd7343/
Morrais7342/
Mourray7342/
Morrash7338/
Moorats7338/
Morhead7333/
Mourais7329/
Mosrrat7321/
Moorhaj7317/
Morahas7316/
Moorash7314/
Moiraha7314/
Mouraia7313/
Morhats7313/
Mourhat7311/
Morraud7311/
Moraich7310/
Mourach7310/
Morgaya739/
Moraggi737/
Mouraut737/
Mooraja737/
Mourras737/
Mourats737/
Morachh736/
Mourrah735/
Morrhad735/
Moorzay734/
Morasth734/
Moraais734/
Moraová734/
Mmourad733/
Mouhrat733/
Moreova733/
Moorray732/
Mooreau732/
Moratch732/
Moreach732/
Moutras732/
Moitrra732/
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Moittra731/
Moraish731/
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Morhacz731/
Morriea731/
Mooraat731/
Mooradh731/
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Mourash731/
Mothraj731/
Morrraz731/
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Mmoreau731/
Mourrad731/
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Moraowa731/
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Motrach731/
Mousrat731/
Moureas731/
Moraaid731/
Moiraai731/
Moreaua731/
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Moraits731/
Muorrah731/
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Moorahy731/
Moorrat731/
Mohrash731/
Mouradd731/
Mouraid731/
Motrais731/
Morratt730/
Moorhay730/
Morrass730/
Morreas730/
Morzaha730/
Moraitz730/
Moore671,171,067/
Murad67454,946/
Moroz67128,335/
Mehra6775,496/
Murai6770,698/
Murah6755,012/
Murat6750,593/
Marra6745,654/
Marad6736,565/
Marah6734,938/
Morey6731,108/
Moris6729,982/
Morou6729,930/
Merah6727,655/
Murga6726,487/
Morii6722,566/
Moret6720,508/
Marza6717,766/
Mahra6716,463/
Maroa6715,207/
Mouri6712,554/
Murau6712,462/
Maras6712,076/
Mores6711,625/
Maray6710,621/
Maraj6710,242/
Moorhead679,910/
Moure679,495/
Marai679,229/
Moros678,305/
Maura677,754/
Moury677,422/
Maraz677,205/
Morio677,002/
Meera676,670/
Mouro676,219/
Moroi675,388/
Marat674,984/
Morri674,935/
Morro674,933/
Masra674,898/
Morie674,866/
Marga674,370/
Muras674,067/
Moree673,637/
Murha673,585/
Murza673,241/
Mohre673,139/
Morre673,027/
Merai672,888/
Muraa672,728/
Merha672,676/
Murra672,656/
Morei672,400/
Matra672,331/
Marau672,262/
Morys672,262/
Maara672,225/
Meray672,093/
Morip672,032/
Morje671,514/
Maera671,427/
Murea671,418/
Muray671,392/
Moroy671,361/
Merra671,333/
Moreh671,257/
Morot671,252/
Morit671,224/
Morge671,173/
Moreu671,140/
Moriy671,115/
Mhura671,021/
Mhoro671,014/
Muroa67984/
Marea67980/
Morer67943/
Moire67909/
Mohri67900/
Morid67839/
Morgo67800/
Mhara67799/
Moriz67773/
Morry67771/
Marap67631/
Mutra67621/
Meraa67570/
Muraz67565/
Moori67542/
Morez67486/
Moeri67460/
Mgore67433/
Mhera67430/
Muraj67426/
Mmoro67415/
Marha67412/
Motre67383/
Moroo67380/
Morze67369/
Mosri67365/
Mmera67362/
Moreault67359/
Merea67344/
Morzy67336/
Muira67328/
Mored67316/
Moory67309/
Muura67288/
Mgori67284/
Moiro67283/
Morzo67270/
Meura67263/
Hmura67250/
Mérai67241/
Moroh67240/
Mouhrach67239/
Motro67233/
Moureaud67223/
Moryo67221/
Muhra67211/
Musra67198/
Morui67195/
Morod67188/
Moryś67185/
Moere67165/
Moruo67149/
Maraś67147/
Muori67141/
Márai67141/
Maraa67140/
Moireaud67138/
Mouraova67135/
Morão67131/
Morhi67128/
Mmara67120/
Moutrash67120/
Morop67119/
Motri67114/
Moryi67112/
Mojri67108/
Motry67103/
Morgi67103/
Merau67102/
Mohry67101/
Moiri6795/
Maraç6794/
Mârza6787/
Morhy6784/
Moiry6780/
Mourreau6773/
Murap6773/
Mooro6770/
Mosre6764/
Murúa6764/
Morozowa6760/
Morij6756/
Hmara6753/
Morré6752/
'Moro6751/
Mūras6750/
Morep6747/
Mhori6743/
Méray6743/
Marač6741/
Morée6739/
Mürau6737/
Murșa6735/
Moréh6733/
Moyro6732/
Morih6727/
Đmura6724/
Moroň6724/
Morho6724/
Mmore6721/
Morej6721/
Mhore6720/
Mgara6719/
Mgoro6719/
Moroj6719/
Máray6719/
Moráň6719/
Müray6719/
Mujra6718/
Mouré6718/
Moireaux6718/
Morosowa6715/
Mosry6715/
Morohova6714/
Moróz6714/
Morhe6712/
Moraňová6712/
Moryy6711/
Morrhead6710/
Morés6710/
Moriš679/
Mourraut679/
Moyre677/
Morzi677/
Mourrahy677/
Moraha'a677/
Marňa677/
Moorhaus676/
Märza676/
Morós676/
Mourault675/
Mohro675/
'Mori675/
Morøe675/
Mourrats675/
D'Morais674/
Muore674/
Moryć674/
Morès674/
Morți674/
Muraň674/
Muraś674/
Marìa674/
D'Moirah674/
Mourraia674/
Mmori674/
Muyra673/
Mgura673/
Moruj673/
Móras673/
Moero673/
Maraß673/
Marać673/
Moiré673/
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Mouratch672/
Mosro672/
Morês672/
Moráz672/
Morát672/
Morét672/
Moratsch672/
Motré672/
Maïra672/
Mgory671/
Morujova671/
Moruy671/
Moryhova671/
Mourj671/
Muorhead671/
Muoro671/
Muory671/
Morreaux671/
Mérah671/
Márea671/
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Mourrach671/
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Moroś671/
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Moryz671/
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Mora Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mora in the Bengali language
মোরাmora-
Mora in the Marathi language
मोराmora98.88
मॉराmora1.12
Mora in the Hindi language
मोराmora96.11
मोड़ाmora1.56
मोरांmoram1.07
मोरmora0.49
मो्रmora0.19
़मोराmora0.1
मिराmira0.1
मौराmaura0.1
मोड़mora0.1
Mora in the Oriya language
େମାରାemara80
ମରାmara16
ରାଓra'o4
Mora in the Russian language
Мораmora-

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