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Moore

in South Carolina

There are 12,172 people with the last name "Moore" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Moore 8
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  1. is 4th most common Johnson
  2. is 5th most common Jones
  3. is 6th most common Davis
  4. is 7th most common Wilson
  5. is 8th most common Moore
  6. is 9th most common Miller
  7. is 10th most common Jackson
  8. is 11th most common Taylor
  9. is 12th most common Robinson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Moore

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

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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