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The Maura surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 582 people carried this name — #38,103 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 515 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Maura surname

Borrowed from Catalan, French, and Italian Maura.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maura» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 185 people named Maura.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Hautes-Pyrénées 43
Gironde 38
Loire-Atlantique 20
Landes 19
Lot-et-Garonne 8
Gers 6
Gard 6
Bouches-du-Rhône 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 144 people named Maura live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 87
Corrientes 30
Río Negro 15
Chaco 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Maura,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gabriel Maura i Montaner
    Gabriel Maura i Montaner 1842–1907 · writer
  • Miguel Maura y Montaner
    Miguel Maura y Montaner 1843–1915 · priest
  • Gabriel Maura i Montaner
    Gabriel Maura i Montaner 1844–1907 · writer
  • Antonio Maura
    Antonio Maura 1853–1925 · lawyer
  • Constancia Maura Gamazo d. 1951
  • Paolo Maura 1638–1711 · poet

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Maura.

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