Moure Surname
Approximately 9,495 people bear this surname
Moure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3,227 | 1:14,488 | 1,663 |
| Argentina | 1,384 | 1:30,884 | 2,599 |
| Puerto Rico | 837 | 1:4,242 | 314 |
| Gabon | 707 | 1:2,672 | 468 |
| France | 579 | 1:114,720 | 17,255 |
| Benin | 492 | 1:21,007 | 2,812 |
| United States | 476 | 1:761,468 | 59,318 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Brazil | 324 | 1:660,723 | 24,406 |
| Cuba | 199 | 1:57,903 | 2,250 |
| Venezuela | 134 | 1:225,404 | 5,824 |
| Uruguay | 131 | 1:26,197 | 3,047 |
| Mexico | 106 | 1:1,171,002 | 14,323 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Chile | 77 | 1:228,785 | 7,030 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Colombia | 15 | 1:3,184,938 | 14,936 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Andorra | 10 | 1:8,384 | 1,259 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 63 | 1:797,122 | 49,780 |
The alternate forms: Mouré (18) are calculated separately.
Moure (169) may also be a first name.
Moure Demographics
Average Male Moure Height
174.83 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Moure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moure (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺭ, Hindi: मौरे, Russian: Моуре) occurs in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Mouré. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moure? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 53,732nd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 767,514 people. Moure occurs mostly in Europe, where 42 percent of Moure are found; 35 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 35 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Moure is also the 703,581st most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 169 people.
The surname Moure is most frequent in Spain, where it is held by 3,227 people, or 1 in 14,488. In Spain it is mostly found in: Galicia, where 66 percent are found, Catalonia, where 8 percent are found and Madrid, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Spain this surname exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 15 percent are found and Puerto Rico, where 9 percent are found.
Moure Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Moure has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 756 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moure Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Moure are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Moure earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 36.95% less than the national average, earning $14,314,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.07% less than the national average, earning $42,255 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.13% less than the national average, earning $47,132 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moure Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moure in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺭ | mwr | - |
| Moure in the Hindi language | ||
| मौरे | maure | - |
| Moure in the Russian language | ||
| Моуре | moure | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Moure
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