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    The surname Morant

    A surname, carried by 2,120 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M653

    Morant: #14,168 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Morant #14,168, 2,120 people Morant: #14,168 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morant #14,168, 2,120 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morant is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    * As a French surname, variant of Mayrant, itself possibly a variant of Mayrand, from Mayran in Aveyron (Occitan Mairanh), of uncertain origin, possibly Gallo-Roman/Medieval Latin Marianum or Marinus. * As an English/Norman/French surname, from the Old French personal name Morant, from a Medieval Latin personal name such as Moderandus (“he who is able”) or from Maurandus, based on Maurus (“Moor”). * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French demeurant (“rest, staying”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,120 people named Morant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,635 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,674.

    #14,168
    rank among US surnames
    2,120
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,942)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,160Philippe2,121145,566
    #14,168Lizardo2,120145,635
    #14,172Stalcup2,119145,703

    Who is named Morant

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

    77% of people named Morant identified as Black (not Hispanic), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 77%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.9%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morant

    Morant has the Soundex code M653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M653.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Morant come from?
    * As a French surname, variant of Mayrant, itself possibly a variant of Mayrand, from Mayran in Aveyron (Occitan Mairanh), of uncertain origin, possibly Gallo-Roman/Medieval Latin Marianum or Marinus. * As an English/Norman/French surname, from the Old French personal name Morant, from a Medieval…
    How common is the surname Morant?
    2,120 people in the United States had the surname Morant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,635 Americans. It ranked 14,168th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morant?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Morant identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Morant getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,120 in 2010, up 27%.