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    The surnameMoore

    A surname, the 18th most common in the United States.

    Pronounced /mʊɹ/ 1 syllable Soundex M600

    Moore: #18 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Moore #18, 724,374 people Moore: #18 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Moore #18, 724,374 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moore is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    The surname has converged from several different meanings; see Moore on Wikipedia.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 724,374 people named Moore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 426 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 698,671.

    #18
    rank among US surnames
    724,374
    people in 2010
    246
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9Rodriguez1,094,924282
    #10Martinez1,060,159291
    #11Hernandez1,043,281296
    #12López874,523353
    #13Gonzalez841,025367
    #14Wilson801,882385
    #15Anderson784,404394

    Who is named Moore

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    66% of people named Moore identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Moores

    196 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Demi Moore
      American actress and producer (born 1962)
    • Julianne Moore
      British-American actress and author (born 1960)
    • Michael Moore
      American filmmaker and author (born 1954)
    • Alan Moore
      British comic book author (born 1953)
    • Mary Tyler Moore
      American actress and television producer (1936-2017)
    • Mandy Moore
      American actress and singer (born 1984)
    • Gordon Moore
      American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)
    • Stanford Moore
      American biochemist (1913-1982)
    • Dudley Moore
      British actor, comedian, composer and musician (1935–2002)
    • Marianne Moore
      American poet (1887–1972)
    • Tom Moore
      British Army officer and fundraiser (1920–2021)
    • Shemar Moore
      American actor (born 1970)

    Notable Moores come mostly from the United States (169), the United Kingdom (14) and Australia (7).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moore

    Moore has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Moore come from?
    The surname has converged from several different meanings; see Moore on Wikipedia.
    How common is the surname Moore?
    724,374 people in the United States had the surname Moore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 426 Americans. It ranked 18th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moore?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Moore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Moore?
    Demi Moore, American actress and producer (born 1962), followed by Julianne Moore.