Popularity of the last name by country
Colombia
- Cundinamarca (59)
- Antioquia (7)
- Magdalena (7)
- Santander (4)
- Córdoba (2)
All countries
- United States (791,609)
- United Kingdom (650,250)
- Ireland (135,733)
- Australia (47,481)
- New Zealand (37,012)
- Canada (26,179)
- France (18,618)
- Unknown country (12,725)
- Netherlands (4,300)
- Germany (2,943)
- Italy (2,439)
- Switzerland (2,312)
- Belgium (1,582)
- Spain (1,388)
- Colombia (1,358)
- India (1,322)
- Mexico (763)
- Argentina (590)
- China (562)
- Sweden (529)
- Denmark (463)
- Russian Federation (437)
- Portugal (431)
- Greece (396)
- Peru (375)
- Poland (374)
- South Africa (363)
- Paraguay (348)
- Austria (344)
- Egypt (336)
- Jamaica (314)
- Turkey (314)
- Indonesia (309)
- Lebanon (252)
- Brazil (227)
- Hungary (206)
- Israel (189)
- Cuba (161)
- Norway (151)
- Korea, Republic of (143)
Origine of last name
MOORE : 1: English: from Middle English more ‘moor marsh fen’ (Old English mōr) hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.2: English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’ either someone from North Africa or more often a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Morrell">Morrell</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Moreau">Moreau</a>.3: English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More Maur Latin Maurus) originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Morrell">Morrell</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Morrin">Morrin</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Morris">Morris</a> and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.4: Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mórdha ‘descendant of Mórdha’ a byname meaning ‘great proud’ or ‘stately’.5: Scottish: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Muir">Muir</a>.6: Welsh: nickname from mawr ‘big great’ either describing a man's size or greatness (perhaps applied ironically) or as a means of distinguishing two men with the same name.7: Americanized form of Slovenian <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Mur">Mur</a>.
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