How common is the surname Moores?

2,498 people in the United States had the surname Moores in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. It ranked 12,435th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Moores getting more or less common?

More common. 2,368 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,498 in 2010, up 5.5%.

Is Moores also a first name?

Yes. Moores is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Moores

An Irish surname, carried by 2,498 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moores is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A surname from Irish.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,498 people named Moores in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,368.

#12,435

rank among US surnames

2,498

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,088)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647
#12,444	Cournoyer	2,496	123,696

Who is named Moores

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

91% of people named Moores identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moores

Moores has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Moores come from?: Moores is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname Moores?: 2,498 people in the United States had the surname Moores in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. It ranked 12,435th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moores?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Moores identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Moores getting more or less common?: More common. 2,368 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,498 in 2010, up 5.5%.
Is Moores also a first name?: Yes. Moores is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.