Moore is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Moore
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland, Ireland, England
Meaning:

Lastname is the variant of the Mure. 1. The northern form of Moor. 2. Gaelic, mohr or more. Large in person. The family of Mure of Caldwell in Ayrshire trace to the reign of King David II, 1329. The name has been varied to More, Muir, Moor, etc., and there are heraldric reasons for believing the Moores of Kent and those of Ireland to have had a common origin.

Surname Moore is the variant of Muir. The Scottish form of Moor. It occurs in composition with several surnames.

Moore is the form of More. Moore1. A parish in Shropshire. 2. See - From residence at a boggy heath or moor. The medieval forms are Atte Mor or More, De Mora, Ad Moram.

From residence at a boggy heath or moor. The medieval forms are Atte Mor or More, De Mora, Ad Moram.

Surname is a variant form of Moyers. The son of the steward.

Moore is the variation of Moors. Dweller at, or near, a moor or marshy wasteland; the son of Moor meaning "dark-complexioned man"; one who came from North Africa.

Dweller in, or near, the marsh or high wasteland.

Moore is form of Muir. Dweller at, or near, a moor or heath.

Moore is the variant form of Mohring. Mor or Moro's son.

How popular is Moore?

Moore is common in United States, England, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Scotland, New Zealand, Jamaica, Wales, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Guyana, Barbados, Nigeria, France, Germany, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Panama, Chile, Bahamas, Mexico, Isle of Man, Philippines, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Russia, Zimbabwe, India, Belize, Japan, Samoa, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Morocco, Switzerland, Sweden, Antigua and Barbuda, Denmark, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Colombia, Iran, Austria, United States Virgin Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Belgium, Portugal, China, Fiji, Italy, Ecuador, Malaysia, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Suriname, Venezuela, Costa Rica.

Moore is ranked 439 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Moore bearers increased by 3.68 per cent in 2010 US census to 724374 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2 spots and ranked at 18. The last name was found in around 2 per thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.41 68.85
Black 27.74 26.92
Moore is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Barbados is ahead in terms of density. Around 1170917 people have been found who wears Moore as their family name. Moore is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Moore:
13 United States860,735
31 England115,697
Countries with ten thousands of Moore:
31 Canada46,790
36 Australia45,880
43 Ireland13,680
40 Liberia13,593
Countries with thousands of Moore:
153 Sierra Leone8,757
7 Northern Ireland8,242
860 South Africa8,126
103 Scotland7,011
40 New Zealand5,529
113 Jamaica4,570
59 Wales4,565
69 Trinidad and Tobago2,193
4,616 Thailand1,699
44 Guyana1,698
24 Barbados1,681
8,691 Nigeria1,319
7,488 France1,180
Countries with hundreds of Moore:
10,321 Germany985
4,662 Spain941
5,116 Saudi Arabia875
1,024 Dominican Republic770
4,855 Argentina745
11,230 Brazil734
3,968 Peru721
651 Panama671
1,558 Chile647
179 Bahamas419
7,305 Mexico361
7 Isle of Man356
41,105 Philippines355
923 Nicaragua350
8,283 Netherlands349
39,802 Russia347
7,168 Zimbabwe331
79,775 India307
285 Belize290
13,718 Japan284
204 Samoa284
1,049 Honduras262
41 Cayman Islands239
25,171 Morocco239
5,396 Switzerland220
3,879 Sweden196
88 Antigua and Barbuda190
3,198 Denmark183
121 Grenada177
140 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines176
59,965 Indonesia168
485 Vanuatu157
5,821 Colombia154
30,373 Iran148
9,183 Austria145
107 United States Virgin Islands142
57 Guernsey140
65 Jersey139
13,407 Belgium134
3,983 Portugal132
659 China130
1,425 Fiji126
50,132 Italy125
6,777 Ecuador122
13,744 Malaysia122
6,072 Norway121
9,015 Papua New Guinea118
11,399 Ghana110
1,155 Suriname109
6,666 Venezuela107
1,097 Costa Rica104
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
234 Guam95
78 Turks and Caicos Islands92
5,259 Afghanistan91
23,654 Cameroon87
21,499 Greece86
26,596 Kenya85
141 Saint Kitts and Nevis80
1,899 Hong Kong75
3,432 Bahrain73
1,446 Cyprus71
148 Bermuda70
4,065 Guatemala68
8,855 Iraq63
9,814 Finland58
7,636 Botswana55
28,987 Czechia53
506 Saint Lucia53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,331 Kuwait48
551 Malta48
307 Marshall Islands43
5,115 Cuba42
17,024 United Arab Emirates38
386 South Korea35
48,057 Egypt31
583 Micronesia24
89,279 Poland24
44,053 Belarus21
11,611 Singapore21
12,771 Estonia19
420 Gibraltar19
2,129 Puerto Rico19
789 Aruba18
4,434 Sudan18
8,817 Taiwan18
341 Northern Mariana Islands17
35,830 Hungary16
16,023 Qatar16
72,451 Uganda16
143 Monaco15
910 American Samoa14
2,069 Iceland14
68,752 Kazakhstan14
5,802 Cambodia13
13,524 Bangladesh12
973 Myanmar12
119,359 Turkey12
20,148 Uruguay12
2,596 Vietnam12
64,496 Pakistan11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
366 British Virgin Islands10
6,529 Northern Cyprus10
9,181 Sri Lanka10
50,768 Benin9
3,802 Madagascar9
100 Montserrat9
64,129 Slovakia9
152 Anguilla8
577 Cook Islands8
43,419 Ivory Coast8
14,756 Lebanon8
3,798 El Salvador7
53,709 Algeria6
6,082 Oman6
56,696 Romania6
72,091 Tanzania6
34,188 Zambia6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margret Moore was 17 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 11, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as spinster and took Atlas from Liverpool. Michal Moore (34) Immigrant, Workman Paul Moore, Morris Moore (20) Workman, Elizabeth Moore (21) Workwoman, Margt. Moore, aged 20, James Moore (25) Workman, John Moore, aged 21, 28 years old William Moore, and 1759 other Moore around 43.14% of whom were workman while others worked as barrel maker/ cooper and seamstress, servant, tailoress, mason, farmer, shoemaker, dressmaker, clerk, carpenter, bookbinder, miller, mechanic, house keeper, gentleman, weaver, gardner/grower, paper maker or pipe maker, baker, merchant, lady, servant, carrier or quarryman or quarrier, waiter, blacksmith, engineer, coachmaker, spinner, milliner, cabinet maker migrated to US.

From Germany

Elina Moore worked as farmer and hailed from Germany. 38 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Janet Ridston and arrived on June 24, 1852. 26 years old Janus Moore, 32 years old John Moore, Thomas Moore, aged 24, Adam Moore (35) Laborer, 47 years old Carl Moore, 46 years old Catherine Moore, Marie Moore, aged 30, Wilhelm Moore, aged 25, Niche. Moore, aged 45, and 19 other Moore majority of whom were laborer and others worked as merchant migrated to US from London, Havre, Antwerp, Bremen and Liverpool.

Moore Namesakes

  • Grace Moore, American operatic soprano and actress
  • Harriet Jane Moore, British watercolour artist
  • John Robert Moore, American biographer and bibliographer of Daniel Defoe
  • Gerald Moore, English classical pianist best
  • Douglas Moore, American composer, educator, and author
  • Jo Moore, served as a British special adviser and press officer
  • Addison Webster Moore, U.S. pragmatist philosopher
  • Alexander Pollock Moore, American diplomat, editor and publisher
  • Eva Moore, English actress
  • Frank Frankfort Moore, Irish dramatist, biographer, novelist and poet
  • Veranus Alva Moore, U.S. bacteriologist and pathologist
  • Michael W. Moore, former Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections
  • Julia A. Moore, American poetaster
  • Thomas Love Moore, nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer
  • Edward F. Moore, American professor of mathematics and computer science
  • Lizel Moore, athlete from South Africa
  • Dot Moore, American TV personality and "ambassador" to the stars for 46 years
  • George Fletcher Moore, author of 'Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler
  • Robert L. Moore, American Jungian analyst and consultant in private practice
  • Robert M. Moore, Irish-American mayor of Cincinnati
  • Charles Chilton Moore, American atheist
  • George H. Moore, an attorney and a judge
  • Edward E. Moore, teacher, newspaper editor and publisher
  • Peter "Bullfrog" Moore, Australian rugby league administrator
  • George Curtis Moore, American diplomat
  • Clifford Herschel Moore, American Latin scholar
  • Ely Moore, Jacksonian U.S. Representative from New York
  • David Hastings Moore, American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Arthur James Moore, American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
  • Dinty W. Moore, American essayist and writer of both fiction and non-fiction books
  • Glen Moore, jazz bassist who occasionally performs on piano
  • Keith Moore, author and co-author of several
  • Shelley Moore, English-born American jazz singer
  • John Blair Moore, American comic book writer/artist best
  • Arthur William Moore, Manx antiquarian, historian, linguist, folklorist
  • Tamara Moore, professional basketball player
  • Mary Carr Moore, American composer, conductor, vocalist
  • Tiffany Moore, 12-year-old girl from Boston
  • Sally Falk Moore, legal anthropologist and Professor Emerita at Harvard University
  • J. Hampton Moore, 108th and 111th Mayor of Philadelphia and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
  • G. E. Moore, English philosopher
  • Patrick Moore, English amateur astronomer
  • Gordon Moore, American businessman, engineer
  • George Thomas Moore, U.S. botanist, who specialised in phycology
  • Stanford Moore, American biochemist
  • Robert Lee Moore, American mathematician
  • E. H. Moore, American mathematician
  • John H. Moore, was Professor and Chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Florida
  • Patrick S. Moore, Irish and American virologist and epidemiologist
  • Arthur B. B. Moore, Canadian Moderator of the United Church of Canada and President and Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University
  • C. L. Moore,
  • Mary Tyler Moore, American actress,
  • Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian, musician and composer
  • Michael Moore, American documentary filmmaker and author
  • Thurston Moore, American musician best known as a member of Sonic Youth
  • Hal Moore, Moore, Jr
  • Vinnie Moore, American guitarist and a member of the British hard rock band UFO
  • Archie Moore, American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time
  • Thomas Moore, Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer
  • Scotty Moore, American guitarist and recording engineer

Moore Namesakes

  • Grace Moore, American operatic soprano and actress
  • Harriet Jane Moore, British watercolour artist
  • John Robert Moore, American biographer and bibliographer of Daniel Defoe
  • Gerald Moore, English classical pianist best
  • Douglas Moore, American composer, educator, and author
  • Jo Moore, served as a British special adviser and press officer
  • Addison Webster Moore, U.S. pragmatist philosopher
  • Alexander Pollock Moore, American diplomat, editor and publisher
  • Eva Moore, English actress
  • Frank Frankfort Moore, Irish dramatist, biographer, novelist and poet
  • Veranus Alva Moore, U.S. bacteriologist and pathologist
  • Michael W. Moore, former Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections
  • Julia A. Moore, American poetaster
  • Thomas Love Moore, nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer
  • Edward F. Moore, American professor of mathematics and computer science
  • Lizel Moore, athlete from South Africa
  • Dot Moore, American TV personality and "ambassador" to the stars for 46 years
  • George Fletcher Moore, author of 'Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler
  • Robert L. Moore, American Jungian analyst and consultant in private practice
  • Robert M. Moore, Irish-American mayor of Cincinnati
  • Charles Chilton Moore, American atheist
  • George H. Moore, an attorney and a judge
  • Edward E. Moore, teacher, newspaper editor and publisher
  • Peter "Bullfrog" Moore, Australian rugby league administrator
  • George Curtis Moore, American diplomat
  • Clifford Herschel Moore, American Latin scholar
  • Ely Moore, Jacksonian U.S. Representative from New York
  • David Hastings Moore, American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Arthur James Moore, American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
  • Dinty W. Moore, American essayist and writer of both fiction and non-fiction books
  • Glen Moore, jazz bassist who occasionally performs on piano
  • Keith Moore, author and co-author of several
  • Shelley Moore, English-born American jazz singer
  • John Blair Moore, American comic book writer/artist best
  • Arthur William Moore, Manx antiquarian, historian, linguist, folklorist
  • Tamara Moore, professional basketball player
  • Mary Carr Moore, American composer, conductor, vocalist
  • Tiffany Moore, 12-year-old girl from Boston
  • Sally Falk Moore, legal anthropologist and Professor Emerita at Harvard University
  • J. Hampton Moore, 108th and 111th Mayor of Philadelphia and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
  • G. E. Moore, English philosopher
  • Patrick Moore, English amateur astronomer
  • Gordon Moore, American businessman, engineer
  • George Thomas Moore, U.S. botanist, who specialised in phycology
  • Stanford Moore, American biochemist
  • Robert Lee Moore, American mathematician
  • E. H. Moore, American mathematician
  • John H. Moore, was Professor and Chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Florida
  • Patrick S. Moore, Irish and American virologist and epidemiologist
  • Arthur B. B. Moore, Canadian Moderator of the United Church of Canada and President and Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University
  • C. L. Moore,
  • Mary Tyler Moore, American actress,
  • Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian, musician and composer
  • Michael Moore, American documentary filmmaker and author
  • Thurston Moore, American musician best known as a member of Sonic Youth
  • Hal Moore, Moore, Jr
  • Vinnie Moore, American guitarist and a member of the British hard rock band UFO
  • Archie Moore, American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time
  • Thomas Moore, Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer
  • Scotty Moore, American guitarist and recording engineer

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