The Moor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,365 people carried this name — #12,981 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,263 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,636 people named Moor live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 216 people named Moor 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 70 people named Moor live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
60 people named Moor have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 78 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Moor.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Charente-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
31 people named Moor is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Moor in American newspapers,
1902–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 892,499 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moor,
with a public archive behind them.
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Salomon Moor d. 1910 · hazzan -
Samuel Albert Moor d. 1944 · botanist
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William Moor d. 1765 · explorer
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Christopher Moor d. 1846
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Emily Moor d. 1911
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Robert Moor 1567–1640
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moor.
- Monville 268 · U.S. census
- Mony 145 · U.S. census
- Monzo 873 · U.S. census
- Moog 653 · U.S. census
- Moonen 364 · U.S. census
- Moons 186 · U.S. census
- Moore 724,374 · U.S. census
- Moos 1,821 · U.S. census
- Moquin 1,219 · U.S. census
- Mor 822 · U.S. census
- Mora 57,464 · U.S. census
- Morabito 2,678 · U.S. census
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