Moures Surname
Approximately 1,673 people bear this surname
Moures Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,171 | 1:32,990 | 5,988 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| France | 129 | 1:514,905 | 71,423 |
| Greece | 19 | 1:583,147 | 70,237 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Mourès (3) are calculated separately.
Moures (21) may also be a first name.
Moures Demographics
Average Moures Salary in
United States
$37,583 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moures Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moures Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moures (Marathi: मौरेस) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Mourès. Click here for further possible spellings of Moures.
How Common Is The Last Name Moures? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moures is the 239,402nd most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,355,975 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Moures live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 70 percent live in Mahgreb. Moures is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname is most numerous in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,171 people, or 1 in 32,990. In Algeria Moures is most frequent in: Jijel Province, where 63 percent are found, Mila Province, where 33 percent are found and Tiaret Province, where 5 percent are found. Other than Algeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 20 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.
Moures Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Moures has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 108 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Moures Last Name Statistics demography
Moures earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning $37,583 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moures Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moures in the Marathi language | ||
| मौरेस | mauresa | - |
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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 Moures
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