How common is the surname Morano?

3,910 people in the United States had the surname Morano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,963 Americans. It ranked 8,449th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Morano?

In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Morano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Morano?

Reed Morano, American cinematographer.

Where is the surname Morano most common?

Wikidata records people named Morano in the United States.

Is the surname Morano getting more or less common?

More common. 3,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,910 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Morano

An Italian surname, carried by 3,910 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morano is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Morano.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,910 people named Morano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,963 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,356.

#8,449

rank among US surnames

3,910

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+16.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,959)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,443	Bergquist	3,912	78,923
#8,446	Springs	3,911	78,943
#8,449	Morano	3,910	78,963
#8,453	Pollak	3,908	79,003
#8,455	Edson	3,906	79,044
#8,456	Gilreath	3,905	79,064
#8,458	Danna	3,904	79,084

Who is named Morano

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

73% of people named Morano identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moranos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Reed Morano
American cinematographer, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Morano

Morano has the Soundex code M650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M650.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Morano come from?: Borrowed from Italian Morano.
How common is the surname Morano?: 3,910 people in the United States had the surname Morano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,963 Americans. It ranked 8,449th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Morano?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Morano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Morano?: Reed Morano, American cinematographer.
Where is the surname Morano most common?: Wikidata records people named Morano in the United States.
Is the surname Morano getting more or less common?: More common. 3,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,910 in 2010, up 17%.