How common is the surname More?

4,432 people in the United States had the surname More in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,663 Americans. It ranked 7,512th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named More?

Max More, American philosopher and futurist, followed by Jacob More.

Where is the surname More most common?

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

How do you pronounce More?

More is /ˈmɔɹ/, one syllable.

Is the surname More getting more or less common?

More common. 4,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,432 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname More

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 4,432 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɔɹ/ 1 syllable Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). More is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

* 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).

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,432 people named More in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,663 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,156.

#7,512

rank among US surnames

4,432

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,395)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,505	Korte	4,436	69,600
#7,508	Cullum	4,435	69,616
#7,511	Seger	4,434	69,631
#7,512	More	4,432	69,663
#7,513	McQuade	4,430	69,694
#7,514	Duquette	4,429	69,710

Who is named More

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

63% of people named More identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mores

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Max More
American philosopher and futurist, born 1964
Jacob More
British artist (1740-1793)
Bernard M. Oliver
American scientist (1916–1995)

Notable Mores come mostly from the United States (2) and Scotland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Morus

Surnames that sound like More

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

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname More come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname More?: 4,432 people in the United States had the surname More in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,663 Americans. It ranked 7,512th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname More?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named More identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named More?: Max More, American philosopher and futurist, followed by Jacob More.
Where is the surname More most common?: Wikidata records people named More in the United States and Scotland.
How do you pronounce More?: More is /ˈmɔɹ/, one syllable.
Is the surname More getting more or less common?: More common. 4,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,432 in 2010, up 6.6%.
What are other spellings of More?: Morus.