Moorer
A surname likely built from the word for a moor or marshy heath, or from a place-name referring to such land.
The #6,918 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 63,672 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Moorer is most likely an English surname formed from Middle English or Old English words for a moor, marsh, or open heath. In this pattern, the ending -er can point to someone who lived by, worked on, or came from such a place, especially a topographic surname from a landscape feature. It may also in some cases reflect a habitational name from a place described as Moor or Moore.
History
The name is much less common than the related forms Moor and Moore, and it appears mainly in English-speaking countries, especially the United States. In American records it has been carried by a relatively small number of families, so it may sometimes represent a local or regional development rather than a single large ancestral line. Like many surnames built from landscape terms, it could have arisen independently in more than one family.
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Fun fact
Because -er surnames often grew from local speech, Moorer may have started as a descriptive label for someone living near a moor rather than as a formal place-name surname.