Moore Family History
Moore Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor’, ‘marsh’,
‘fen’, ‘area of uncultivated land’ (Old English mor), hence
a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place or a
habitational name from any of the various places named with this word,
as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.English: from Old French more ‘Moor’ (Latin maurus).
The Latin term denoted a native of northwestern Africa, but in
medieval England the word came to be used informally as a nickname for
any swarthy or dark-skinned person.English: from a personal name
(Latin Maurus ‘Moor’). This name was borne by various early
Christian saints. The personal name was introduced to England by the
Normans, but it was never as popular in England as it was on the
Continent.Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Mórdha ‘descendant of Mórdha’, a byname meaning
‘great’, ‘proud’, or ‘stately’.Scottish: see Muir.Welsh: from Welsh mawr ‘big’, applied as a nickname or
distinguishing epithet.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Moore Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Moore families
 3,073 - 6,143  1,025 - 3,072 |
 1 - 1,024  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Moore families
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4,763 - 9,524 1,588 - 4,762 |
1 - 1,587 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Moore families
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763 - 1,524 255 - 762 |
1 - 254 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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