Moores
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Frequency: (934)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: 1. topographic name for someone who lived on the moors (see Moore 1). 2. patronymic from Moore as a personal name (see Moore 3).
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Mores
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