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The Moura surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,157 people carried this name — #13,976 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 137,000 people counted. That is up 26% from 1,715 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Moura surname

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Moura.

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 711 people named Moura 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 326
Misiones 173
City of Buenos Aires 129
Santa Fe 55
Córdoba 15
Entre Ríos 13

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 703 people named Moura.

86 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Nord.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 86
Nord 113
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 102
Gironde 74
Hautes-Pyrénées 58
Paris 32
Pas-de-Calais 28
Isère 19
Gers 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

593 people named Moura live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 132
Fribourg 90
Geneva 73
Zurich 58
Valais 38
Lucerne 33
Bern 31
Aargau 27

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 67 people named Moura 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 Hainaut.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 67

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Moura in American newspapers,
1908–1962.

Newspaper page from The Fargo Forum And Daily Republican carrying the name Moura
The Fargo Forum And Daily Republican 1908-09-03
Newspaper page from The Maui News carrying the name Moura
The Maui News 1921-09-13
Newspaper page from The East Hartford Gazette carrying the name Moura
The East Hartford Gazette 1950-01-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,471 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Moura,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Saint Moura
    Saint Moura 201–283
  • Cristóvão de Moura
    Cristóvão de Moura 1538–1613 · politician
  • Manuel de Moura, 2nd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo
    Manuel de Moura, 2nd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo 1590–1651 · diplomat
  • Rodrigo de Moura Teles
    Rodrigo de Moura Teles 1644–1728 · Catholic priest
  • José Joaquim Ferreira de Moura
    José Joaquim Ferreira de Moura 1776–1829 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 242 lives in all are documented under this name.

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