Moors Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 5
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 187
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 11
Devon 4
Dorset 66
Durham 18
Essex 17
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 37
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 16
Lancashire 115
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 3
London 70
Middlesex 18
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 16
Surrey 12
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 40
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 12
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 22

Wales

Anglesey 9
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Moors Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Moors family

Profession Census Frequency
School 73
Dressmaker 8
General Servant (domestic) 8
None 6
Farmer 6
Clerk 5
Farm Labourer 5
Shop Assistant 4
Cotton Weaver 4
Private Means 4
Barmaid 3
Carpenter 3
Cardroom Frame Tenter 3
Housekeeper 3
Joiner 3
Assists In Business 3
Bootmaker 3
Butcher 3
Jobbing Gardener 3
Assisting In Business 3
Coal Miner Hewer 3
Labourer 3
Shop Keeper 3
Card Room Hand 2
Cotton Mule Piecer 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Moors

Name Census Frequency
Mary Moors 694
John Moors 599
William Moors 579
Elizabeth Moors 452
Thomas Moors 372
Sarah Moors 368
James Moors 360
George Moors 334
Ann Moors 259
Joseph Moors 212
Jane Moors 192
Henry Moors 158
Charles Moors 145
Hannah Moors 144
Alice Moors 141
Margaret Moors 118
Robert Moors 118
Martha Moors 113
Samuel Moors 113
Ellen Moors 111
Edward Moors 103
Eliza Moors 101
Emma Moors 98
Emily Moors 88
Annie Moors 87

Moors Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mears 60% 19,097
2 Moores 83% 17,103
3 Morse 60% 17,032
4 Moors 100% 9,008
5 Moris 60% 5,681
6 Meers 60% 2,736
7 Mares 40% 2,590
8 Mars 60% 2,464
9 Mors 80% 2,328
10 Mooris 83% 2,317
11 Maris 40% 2,024
12 Meares 50% 1,672
13 Miers 60% 1,581
14 Mores 60% 1,008
15 Mairs 60% 920
16 Moorse 83% 725
17 Morss 60% 689
18 Maries 33% 655
19 Mories 50% 508
20 Mires 40% 460
21 Muers 60% 387
22 Amers 40% 361
23 Morrs 80% 332
24 Meeres 50% 302
25 Muras 40% 253
26 Marse 40% 232
27 Meres 40% 196
28 Emers 40% 167
29 Maers 60% 117
30 Maeers 50% 109
31 Mers 60% 105

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The surname Moors is the 4th most popular variant of Mears.

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