The Mores surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 422 people carried this name — #49,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 8% from 457 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,238 people named Mores 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 Córdoba.
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 144 people named Mores.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Nord.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 39 people named Mores 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 West Flanders.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Mores live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Mores,
with a public archive behind them.
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Harald Mores 1886–1969 · architect -
Claudia Mores 1950– · actor -
Matthias Mores 1560–1619 · mintmaster
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Pasquale Mores 1873–1960 · Catholic priest
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Zdeněk Mores 1894–
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Antonín Mores 1908–1997 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mores.
- Morelli 6,532 · U.S. census
- Morello 3,283 · U.S. census
- Moren 1,103 · U.S. census
- Morena 1,680 · U.S. census
- Moreno 196,925 · U.S. census
- Morera 1,155 · U.S. census
- Moreschi 373 · U.S. census
- Moresco 359 · U.S. census
- Moret 1,071 · U.S. census
- Moreton 652 · U.S. census
- Moretti 3,858 · U.S. census
- Moretto 524 · U.S. census
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