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    The surname Morataya

    A surname, carried by 1,842 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M630

    Morataya: #15,806 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Morataya #15,806, 1,842 people Morataya: #15,806 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morataya #15,806, 1,842 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morataya is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,842 people named Morataya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. That is up 67% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,103.

    #15,806
    rank among US surnames
    1,842
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +67%
    change since 2000 (was #21,934)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,800Harton1,843167,523
    #15,806Dufault1,842167,614

    Who is named Morataya

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

    96% of people named Morataya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morataya

    Morataya 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 Morataya?
    1,842 people in the United States had the surname Morataya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. It ranked 15,806th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morataya?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Morataya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Morataya getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,103 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,842 in 2010, up 67%.