Moar Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Moar Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Moar family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Farmers Wife 1
Carpenter 1
Sea Apprentice 1
Ship Carpenter 1
Gloveris 1
Pauper Formerly Cook 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Moar

Name Census Frequency
William Moar 25
John Moar 17
Mary Moar 13
Elizabeth Moar 8
James Moar 8
Adam Moar 5
Andrew Moar 5
Ann Moar 5
George Moar 5
Catherine Moar 4
Hannah Moar 4
Harriet Moar 4
Margaret Moar 4
Thomas Moar 4
Alexander Moar 3
Annie Moar 3
Charles Moar 3
Duncan Moar 3
Eliza Moar 3
Elsie Moar 3
Janet Moar 3
Jessie Moar 3
Louisa Moar 3
Robert Moar 3
Joseph Moar 2

Moar Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Moore 60% 421,922
2 Moor 75% 41,930
3 More 50% 12,596
4 Muir 50% 8,235
5 Amor 50% 5,589
6 Mear 75% 4,367
7 Mair 50% 3,998
8 Mare 50% 3,775
9 Moir 75% 3,694
10 Amer 25% 2,872
11 Maria 40% 2,280
12 Mara 50% 2,087
13 Marie 40% 1,283
14 Meer 50% 1,106
15 Meir 50% 1,072
16 Meier 40% 858
17 Omer 25% 854
18 Imrie 20% 793
19 Maer 50% 771
20 Meara 60% 766
21 Amour 60% 721
22 Amoore 50% 610
23 Mar 75% 589
24 Meare 60% 566
25 Eamer 20% 526
26 Omara 40% 419
27 Maier 40% 402
28 Mier 50% 332
29 Mere 25% 270
30 Mure 25% 241
31 Moar 100% 234
32 Moare 80% 223
33 Maire 40% 206
34 Omeara 50% 196
35 Meere 40% 183
36 Maur 50% 180
37 Maeer 40% 168
38 Morie 40% 163
39 Amore 40% 135
40 Mora 50% 134
41 Maara 60% 128
42 Emer 25% 127
43 Mour 75% 123
44 Miur 50% 117
45 Moure 60% 107
46 Muer 50% 104

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The surname Moar is the 31st most popular variant of Moore.

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