# More (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/more/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,432 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,512 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 69,663 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.6% (4,156 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɔɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Morus |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish and English surname, variant of Moore. * As a French surname, from Old French more (“Moor”), respelled from Latin Maurus. Compare Mauro. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mór (“big”). * As an Indian (Maharashtra) surname, from Marathi मोर (mor, “peacock”), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).

## Who carries it

Share of people named More in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 12% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 9.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named More in the United States and Scotland.

## People named More

- Max More, American philosopher and futurist
- Jacob More, British artist (1740-1793)
- Bernard M. Oliver, American scientist (1916–1995)

## Similar surnames

Moore, Morrow, Mora, Mohr, Morey, Moreau, Mowry, Mori, Mire, Moura, Moro, Moor.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.