Mora (surname)

Mora is a Spanish surname.

Origins

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.

Popularity

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]

Geographical Distribution

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:

Arts and literature

Business and commerce

  • Evelyn Mora (born 1992), Finnish entrepreneur
  • Georges Mora (1913–1992), German-born Australian entrepreneur, art dealer, patron, connoisseur and restaurateur

Law and politics

Sports

American football

  • Jim E. Mora (born 1935), former National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League head coach
  • Jim L. Mora (born 1961), former NFL and college head coach, son of Jim E. Mora

Baseball

Cycling

Football

Other

  • Alfonso Mora (born 1964), Venezuelan former tennis player
  • Sergio Mora (born 1980), Mexican-American boxer and former World Boxing Council light middleweight champion
  • Víctor Mora (runner) (born 1944), Colombian long-distance runner

Other

See also

References

  1. "Mora Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  2. "Surname Database: Mora Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  3. "Mora Name Meaning & Mora Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  4. "Mora Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
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