Moro Surname
Approximately 135,235 people bear this surname
Moro Surname User-submission:
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.
Read More About This SurnameMoro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 32,356 | 1:1,890 | 111 |
| Brazil | 12,937 | 1:16,547 | 833 |
| Ghana | 11,014 | 1:2,453 | 393 |
| Spain | 9,100 | 1:5,138 | 635 |
| Japan | 7,866 | 1:16,253 | 1,961 |
| Pakistan | 7,015 | 1:25,466 | 1,335 |
| Uganda | 6,767 | 1:5,769 | 1,030 |
| Egypt | 6,681 | 1:13,761 | 1,646 |
| Argentina | 4,167 | 1:10,258 | 970 |
| Ivory Coast | 3,662 | 1:6,300 | 566 |
| Sudan | 3,360 | 1:11,164 | 1,574 |
| France | 3,234 | 1:20,539 | 2,371 |
| United States | 3,120 | 1:116,173 | 12,525 |
| Mali | 2,646 | 1:6,413 | 401 |
| Mexico | 2,146 | 1:57,841 | 2,800 |
| Philippines | 1,975 | 1:51,260 | 8,438 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,302 | 1:6,262 | 404 |
| Morocco | 1,261 | 1:27,340 | 4,350 |
| Cuba | 1,129 | 1:10,206 | 880 |
| Nigeria | 1,123 | 1:157,741 | 9,928 |
| Indonesia | 971 | 1:136,199 | 13,562 |
| Canada | 782 | 1:47,117 | 5,753 |
| Switzerland | 644 | 1:12,753 | 2,111 |
| Burkina Faso | 633 | 1:28,992 | 1,704 |
| Venezuela | 599 | 1:50,424 | 2,501 |
| Bolivia | 582 | 1:18,241 | 1,575 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Gabon | 556 | 1:3,398 | 592 |
| Australia | 470 | 1:57,438 | 6,998 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 458 | 1:7,721 | 1,575 |
| Peru | 325 | 1:97,797 | 6,302 |
| Russia | 324 | 1:444,824 | 42,049 |
| Germany | 306 | 1:263,090 | 28,132 |
| Guatemala | 300 | 1:53,609 | 2,327 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Portugal | 274 | 1:38,023 | 2,283 |
| Tanzania | 272 | 1:194,638 | 16,683 |
| Puerto Rico | 259 | 1:13,707 | 590 |
| Belgium | 254 | 1:45,262 | 7,348 |
| Kenya | 231 | 1:199,913 | 14,593 |
| India | 214 | 1:3,584,418 | 101,069 |
| Chile | 190 | 1:92,718 | 3,548 |
| Austria | 189 | 1:45,055 | 7,205 |
| England | 183 | 1:304,470 | 23,072 |
| Belize | 132 | 1:2,693 | 561 |
| Paraguay | 128 | 1:56,537 | 1,574 |
| Benin | 126 | 1:82,029 | 9,693 |
| Niger | 115 | 1:166,887 | 6,016 |
| Cameroon | 111 | 1:187,109 | 19,561 |
| Uruguay | 104 | 1:32,998 | 3,797 |
| Lithuania | 102 | 1:29,751 | 5,229 |
| Czechia | 96 | 1:110,765 | 18,159 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Netherlands | 80 | 1:211,090 | 28,733 |
| Thailand | 76 | 1:929,452 | 144,548 |
| Croatia | 73 | 1:57,926 | 10,865 |
| Slovakia | 65 | 1:82,099 | 15,886 |
| Poland | 58 | 1:655,323 | 57,058 |
| Sweden | 56 | 1:175,835 | 12,146 |
| Ukraine | 43 | 1:1,058,667 | 96,518 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| Panama | 41 | 1:95,421 | 3,699 |
| Haiti | 39 | 1:273,946 | 9,218 |
| Serbia | 39 | 1:183,204 | 11,620 |
| Estonia | 38 | 1:34,784 | 6,408 |
| Slovenia | 38 | 1:65,465 | 9,549 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 36 | 1:31,546 | 134 |
| Andorra | 32 | 1:2,620 | 514 |
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Hungary | 25 | 1:392,651 | 27,081 |
| Belarus | 23 | 1:413,090 | 41,560 |
| Lesotho | 23 | 1:88,372 | 10,414 |
| Colombia | 20 | 1:2,388,704 | 13,197 |
| Northern Ireland | 18 | 1:102,502 | 6,334 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Tunisia | 16 | 1:38,164 | 5,464 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Romania | 8 | 1:2,509,734 | 55,065 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 146 | 1:343,964 | 26,445 |
The alternate forms: Moró (120), Móro (49), Môro (3), Móró (339) & Môrô (1) are calculated separately.
Moro (33,225) may also be a first name.
Moro Surname Meaning
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.
- kauemouraThis surname probably comes from the word, moro, which means 'dark-haired' or describes a person with a dark complexion. The first Moroni might have been a person with one or more of these characteristics.
- pietrogmoroniMoro Demographics
Average Moro Salary in
United States
$44,652 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moro (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺭﻭ, Hindi: मोरो, Marathi: मोरो, Russian: Моро) is found in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Moró, Móro, Môro, Móró or Môrô. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moro? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,159th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 53,888 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 36 percent of Moro live; 31 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 24 percent live in Italic Europe. Moro is also the 25,739th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 33,225 people.
The surname is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 32,356 people, or 1 in 1,890. In Italy Moro is primarily found in: Veneto, where 34 percent live, Lombardy, where 20 percent live and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 13 percent live. Excluding Italy Moro occurs in 142 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 10 percent live and Ghana, where 8 percent live.
Moro Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Moro has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Moro last name increased 2,137 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,144 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moro Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Syriac Catholic (50%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Moro surname are 0.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.98% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Moro earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 0.98% less than the national average, earning €29,736 per year; in Norway they earn 27.41% less than the national average, earning 251,204 kr per year; in Peru they earn 91.1% more than the national average, earning S/. 37,044 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.58% less than the national average, earning R 222,012 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.74% less than the national average, earning $18,448,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.48% more than the national average, earning $44,652 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.86% more than the national average, earning $55,576 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moro Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moro in the Hindi language | ||
| मोरो | moro | - |
| Moro in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरो | moro | 98.87 |
| मोरेो | moreo | 1.13 |
| Moro in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺭﻭ | mwrw | 93.75 |
| ﻣﻮﺭ | mwr | 6.25 |
| Moro in the Russian language | ||
| Моро | moro | - |
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