Moura Surname
Approximately 380,278 people bear this surname
Moura 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 SurnameMoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 315,693 | 1:678 | 88 |
| Portugal | 24,854 | 1:419 | 75 |
| Angola | 16,170 | 1:1,669 | 301 |
| Mozambique | 12,360 | 1:2,206 | 544 |
| United States | 2,597 | 1:139,568 | 14,539 |
| France | 2,323 | 1:28,594 | 3,487 |
| Chad | 1,733 | 1:7,843 | 1,090 |
| Argentina | 475 | 1:89,986 | 7,568 |
| Spain | 463 | 1:100,976 | 8,227 |
| Canada | 343 | 1:107,422 | 11,548 |
| India | 331 | 1:2,317,418 | 75,822 |
| Cameroon | 292 | 1:71,127 | 8,925 |
| England | 257 | 1:216,802 | 18,442 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Uruguay | 215 | 1:15,962 | 1,804 |
| Switzerland | 175 | 1:46,931 | 6,346 |
| Mauritius | 155 | 1:8,345 | 1,754 |
| Paraguay | 152 | 1:47,610 | 1,397 |
| Belgium | 141 | 1:81,536 | 12,817 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Thailand | 99 | 1:713,519 | 117,929 |
| Peru | 79 | 1:402,331 | 12,852 |
| Venezuela | 75 | 1:402,721 | 8,293 |
| Luxembourg | 73 | 1:7,953 | 1,239 |
| South Africa | 71 | 1:763,066 | 52,802 |
| Suriname | 64 | 1:8,635 | 2,172 |
| Greece | 62 | 1:178,706 | 28,807 |
| Germany | 60 | 1:1,341,758 | 84,137 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Australia | 47 | 1:574,377 | 41,856 |
| Andorra | 39 | 1:2,150 | 402 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Chile | 34 | 1:518,132 | 13,148 |
| Cape Verde | 28 | 1:18,916 | 708 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 24 | 1:7,393 | 515 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Lebanon | 23 | 1:245,091 | 9,209 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Puerto Rico | 15 | 1:236,676 | 2,394 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Ireland | 7 | 1:672,706 | 15,999 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Moura (2,116) may also be a first name.
Moura 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.
- kauemouraA Portuguese toponymic from the town of Moura, in Alentejo. The name of the town is the feminine version of "Moor".
- mfariacastroMoura Demographics
Average Moura Salary in
United States
$46,753 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺭﻩ, Hindi: मौरा, Russian: Моура) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moura? popularity and diffusion
Moura is the 1,413th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 19,164 people. Moura is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Moura live; 83 percent live in South America and 83 percent live in Luso-South America. Moura is also the 163,422nd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 2,116 people.
Moura is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 315,693 people, or 1 in 678. In Brazil Moura is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 18 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent reside and Ceará, where 9 percent reside. Not including Brazil Moura exists in 109 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 7 percent reside and Angola, where 4 percent reside.
Moura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Moura has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Moura last name expanded 25,970 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Moura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Maronite (75%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Moura last name are 44.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 97.77% registered with the political party.
The amount Moura earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.38% less than the national average, earning 220,168 kr per year; in Peru they earn 29.14% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,034 per year; in South Africa they earn 4.47% less than the national average, earning R 227,004 per year; in United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,753 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.96% less than the national average, earning $49,205 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moura in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺭﻩ | mwrh | - |
| Moura in the Hindi language | ||
| मौरा | maura | 52.63 |
| मौर्य | maurya | 21.05 |
| मौरां | mauram | 10.53 |
| मौर्या | maurya | 10.53 |
| बहादुर | bahadura | 5.26 |
| Moura in the Russian language | ||
| Моура | moura | - |
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Moura 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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