How common is the surname Moors?

1,164 people in the United States had the surname Moors in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. It ranked 22,183rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Moors?

Roel Moors, Belgian basketball player (born 1978), followed by Fleur Moors.

Where is the surname Moors most common?

Wikidata records people named Moors in Belgium.

Is the surname Moors getting more or less common?

More common. 966 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,164 in 2010, up 21%.

Is Moors also a first name?

Yes. Moors 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 Moors

An Irish surname, carried by 1,164 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). Moors is more common than 86.3% 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 1,164 people named Moors in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 966.

#22,183

rank among US surnames

1,164

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+20.5%

change since 2000 (was #24,306)

Who is named Moors

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

82% of people named Moors identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Two or more races 4.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moorss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roel Moors
Belgian basketball player (born 1978)
Fleur Moors
Belgian cyclist, born 2005

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moors

Moors 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 Moors come from?: Moors is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname Moors?: 1,164 people in the United States had the surname Moors in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. It ranked 22,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moors?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Moors identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Moors?: Roel Moors, Belgian basketball player (born 1978), followed by Fleur Moors.
Where is the surname Moors most common?: Wikidata records people named Moors in Belgium.
Is the surname Moors getting more or less common?: More common. 966 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,164 in 2010, up 21%.
Is Moors also a first name?: Yes. Moors 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.