The surname Mooring
A surname, carried by 1,936 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M652
Origin
English surname, from a derivative diminutive of Moore.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,936 people named Mooring in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,476 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,722.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #15,210 | Schnur | 1,937 | 159,394 |
| #15,217 | Nathanson | 1,936 | 159,476 |
| #15,221 | Gula | 1,935 | 159,558 |
| #15,223 | Rosenberry | 1,934 | 159,641 |
Who is named Mooring
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
60% of people named Mooring identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 60%
- Black (not Hispanic) 34%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Mooring has the Soundex code M652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M652.
Questions
- Where does the surname Mooring come from?
- English surname, from a derivative diminutive of Moore.
- How common is the surname Mooring?
- 1,936 people in the United States had the surname Mooring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,476 Americans. It ranked 15,217th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mooring?
- In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Mooring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Mooring getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,722 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,936 in 2010, up 12%.