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Moore

in North Carolina

There are 25,774 people with the last name "Moore" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Moore 7
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  1. is 3rd most common Johnson
  2. is 4th most common Jones
  3. is 5th most common Brown
  4. is 6th most common Davis
  5. is 7th most common Moore
  6. is 8th most common Miller
  7. is 9th most common Wilson
  8. is 10th most common Taylor
  9. is 11th most common Harris

Similar Names and Nicknames

Morrow, Mohr, Moorman, Moorehead, Moorer, Moorhead, Moores, Moor, Mowry, Moorefield

Most Common First Names for Moore

James, William, Robert, John, David, Michael, Charles, Richard, Mary, Thomas

Meaning & History

English: from Middle English more ‘moor’, ‘marsh’, ‘fen’, ‘area of uncultivated land’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place or a habitational name from any of the various places named with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.

English: from Old French more ‘Moor’ (Latin maurus). The Latin term denoted a native of northwestern Africa, but in medieval England the word came to be used informally as a nickname for any swarthy or dark-skinned person.

English: from a personal name (Latin Maurus ‘Moor’). This name was borne by various early Christian saints. The personal name was introduced to England by the Normans, but it was never as popular in England as it was on the Continent.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mórdha ‘descendant of Mórdha’, a byname meaning ‘great’, ‘proud’, or ‘stately’.

Scottish: see Muir.

Welsh: from Welsh mawr ‘big’, applied as a nickname or distinguishing epithet.

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