Mure

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Mure is a Scottish surname historically associated with Lowland families and often considered a variant of or related to the name Muir.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mure canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish surname
surname
associatedWithClanOrFamily Mure family of Caldwell NERFINISHED
Mure family of Rowallan NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion Scottish Lowlands NERFINISHED
category Scottish Lowlands surnames
countryOfOrigin Scotland
etymologicallyRelatedTo Muir NERFINISHED
hasNotableFamilyBranch Mure of Caldwell NERFINISHED
Mure of Rowallan NERFINISHED
hasSpellingVariant Moore NERFINISHED
Muir NERFINISHED
Muirre
hasVariant Muir NERFINISHED
historicallyBorneBy Lowland Scottish families
historicalUsageRegion Ayrshire NERFINISHED
Renfrewshire NERFINISHED
languageOfOrigin Scots language
Scottish English NERFINISHED
likelyDerivedFrom Middle Scots word "muir"
nameCategory topographic surname
nameMeaning heath
moor
relatedSurname Moor NERFINISHED
Moore NERFINISHED
Muir NERFINISHED
surnameType habitational surname
usedAs family name
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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