The Mora surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 57,464 people carried this name — #583 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,130 people counted. That is up 39% from 41,348 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 22,677 people named Mora 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,504 people named Mora.
415 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Landes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
626 people named Mora live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 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 Poland’s population register
230 people named Mora have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 331 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 the Nordic population registers
97 people named Mora are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Mora in American newspapers,
1856–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,119,112 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mora,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elisabetta Canori Mora 1774–1825 · nun -
Francisco Mora y Borrell 1827–1905 · missionary -
Domingo Mora 1840–1911 · artist -
Francisco Mora Méndez 1842–1924 · trade unionist -
José María Mora 1847–1926 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 216 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mora.
- Moons 186 · U.S. census
- Moor 2,365 · 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
- Morabito 2,678 · U.S. census
- Moraes 963 · U.S. census
- Morain 536 · U.S. census
- Moraine 158 · U.S. census
- Morais 3,381 · U.S. census
- Moral 653 · U.S. census
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