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 16
Buckinghamshire 35
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 411
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 15
Derbyshire 35
Devon 9
Dorset 61
Durham 56
Essex 34
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 61
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 13
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 8
Kent 30
Lancashire 962
Leicestershire 12
Lincolnshire 13
London 299
Middlesex 36
Northumberland 24
Norfolk 12
Northamptonshire 13
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 27
Rutland 0
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 6
Somerset 52
Surrey 29
Sussex 20
Staffordshire 56
Warwickshire 17
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 59
Worcestershire 20
Yorkshire 96

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 18
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 4
Glamorgan 29
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 2

Moores Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Moores family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 517
Cotton Weaver 41
General Labourer 41
Coal Miner 30
Labourer 24
Domestic Servant 20
Agricultural Labourer 20
Dress Maker 19
Living On Own Means 15
Cotton Spinner 14
Farm Labourer 13
Errand Boy 12
Cotton Winder 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Cotton Piecer 11
Laundress 11
General Servant 10
Joiner 10
Tailor 9
Carter 9
Farmer 8
House Keeper 8
Railway Clerk 8
Blacksmith 8
Shoe Maker 7

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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