Moores Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 6
Buckinghamshire 32
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 700
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 27
Devon 2
Dorset 102
Durham 30
Essex 23
Gloucestershire 32
Hampshire 124
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 26
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 10
Kent 11
Lancashire 1,747
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 2
London 136
Middlesex 59
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 9
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 6
Somerset 55
Surrey 47
Sussex 5
Staffordshire 112
Warwickshire 8
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 17
Worcestershire 22
Yorkshire 134

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 11
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 10
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 22
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 14
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Moores Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Moores family

Profession Census Frequency
School 349
General Labourer 41
Labourer 34
Cotton Weaver 30
Coal Miner Hewer 19
Carter 17
Farm Labourer 16
Dressmaker 15
None 15
Housekeeper 14
At Home 13
Domestic Servant 13
Weaver 12
Charwoman 11
Clerk 11
Cotton Spinner 11
Private Means 10
Bricklayer 9
House Painter 9
General Servant Domestic 9
Old Age Pensioner 8
Shop Assistant 8
Farmer 8
Housemaid (domestic) 8
Warehouseman 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Moores

Name Census Frequency
John Moores 1,131
Mary Moores 1,115
William Moores 994
Elizabeth Moores 786
James Moores 735
Thomas Moores 679
Sarah Moores 645
George Moores 504
Joseph Moores 429
Ann Moores 369
Charles Moores 322
Henry Moores 274
Alice Moores 256
Hannah Moores 254
Jane Moores 254
Annie Moores 246
Ellen Moores 224
Samuel Moores 224
Eliza Moores 218
Robert Moores 195
Martha Moores 191
Margaret Moores 184
Emma Moores 175
Arthur Moores 172
Alfred Moores 156

Moores Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mears 50% 19,097
2 Moores 100% 17,103
3 Morse 50% 17,032
4 Moors 83% 9,008
5 Moris 67% 5,681
6 Morres 83% 3,053
7 Meers 50% 2,736
8 Mares 67% 2,590
9 Mars 50% 2,464
10 Mors 67% 2,328
11 Mooris 83% 2,317
12 Maris 50% 2,024
13 Meares 67% 1,672
14 Miers 50% 1,581
15 Mores 83% 1,008
16 Mairs 50% 920
17 Moorse 67% 725
18 Maries 50% 655
19 Mories 67% 508
20 Mires 67% 460
21 Muers 50% 387
22 Amers 33% 361
23 Meeres 67% 302
24 Muras 50% 253
25 Marse 33% 232
26 Meres 67% 196
27 Emers 33% 167
28 Maers 50% 117
29 Maeers 33% 109
30 Mers 50% 105

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The surname Moores is the 2nd most popular variant of Mears.

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