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    The surname Morado

    A surname, carried by 2,118 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M630

    Morado: #14,178 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Morado #14,178, 2,118 people Morado: #14,178 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morado #14,178, 2,118 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morado is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,118 people named Morado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,772 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,710.

    #14,178
    rank among US surnames
    2,118
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.9%
    change since 2000 (was #15,691)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,172Stalcup2,119145,703
    #14,178Dunfee2,118145,772
    #14,184Pusateri2,117145,841

    Who is named Morado

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    86% of people named Morado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morado

    Morado has the Soundex code M630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Morado?
    2,118 people in the United States had the surname Morado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,772 Americans. It ranked 14,178th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morado?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Morado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Morado getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,118 in 2010, up 24%.