Mourão Surname
Approximately 1,620 people bear this surname
Mourão 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 SurnameMourão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1,151 | 1:9,051 | 799 |
| Brazil | 428 | 1:500,174 | 18,868 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Mourão 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.
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Where Does The Last Name Mourão Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mourão has its highest incidence in Portugal. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mourão? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 245,674th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,498,485 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Mourão are found; 71 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 71 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Portugal, where it is held by 1,151 people, or 1 in 9,051. Beside Portugal Mourão is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 26 percent live and Angola, where 2 percent live.
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