Mora is a Spanish surname.
Mora is a surname with old Roman (Latin) origins that originated in Spain and Portugal, but Mora was first found in Castile, one of medieval Spain's most important Christian kingdoms. [1]
Mora translates to "blackberry", which is an edible fruit. In ancient times, this was an industrial surname for someone who grew and farmed these berries.
Additionally, surname "mora" derives from the habitual people who once "lived at one of the many places on the Iberian Peninsula [during the 16th century] called 'Mora'". [2] Typically after people abandoned their original homes and relocated to a new place, they were granted habitational surnames explaining why there are many different surnames.
Mora had the highest family population In Missouri during the 1840s. [3] After that In the United States the number of people carrying the Mora last name grew 10,011 percent between 1880. [4]
Mora is the 1,039th most frequent surname in the U. S., with an approximate 29,844 people with the name. Mora is also the 659th most frequent surname in France, with an estimated 7,193 people bearing the name. [1]
This last name is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is carried by 183,731 people, or 1 in 676. ‘Mora’ is most numerous in: México, where 13% reside in Jalisco, 13% reside in Michoacán. Overall, "Mora" Barring Mexico surnames exist in 156 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 15 percent reside and Costa Rica. [1]
Notable people with the surname include:
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