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    The surname Moraga

    A surname, carried by 2,318 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M620

    Moraga: #13,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Moraga #13,186, 2,318 people Moraga: #13,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moraga #13,186, 2,318 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moraga is more common than 91.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,318 people named Moraga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,195 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,893.

    #13,186
    rank among US surnames
    2,318
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,457)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,177Kennison2,320133,080
    #13,184Landman2,319133,137
    #13,186Moraga2,318133,195
    #13,190Pimental2,317133,252
    #13,195Rizzuto2,316133,310

    Who is named Moraga

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

    75% of people named Moraga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 75%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.9%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Moraga

    Moraga has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Moraga?
    2,318 people in the United States had the surname Moraga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,195 Americans. It ranked 13,186th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moraga?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Moraga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Moraga getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,318 in 2010, up 23%.