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    The surname Morehouse

    A surname, carried by 6,309 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M620

    Morehouse: #5,513 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Morehouse #5,513, 6,309 people Morehouse: #5,513 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morehouse #5,513, 6,309 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morehouse is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Moorhouse.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,309 people named Morehouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,937 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,298.

    #5,513
    rank among US surnames
    6,309
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,112)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,504McCrea6,32048,852
    #5,505McLellan6,31848,868
    #5,507Myer6,31748,875
    #5,508Parsley6,31548,891
    #5,510Passmore6,31448,899
    #5,511Manns6,31248,914
    #5,512Overby6,31148,922

    Who is named Morehouse

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

    91% of people named Morehouse identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Morehouses

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tim Morehouse
      American fencer, born 1978

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morehouse

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Morehouse come from?
    Variant of Moorhouse.
    How common is the surname Morehouse?
    6,309 people in the United States had the surname Morehouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,937 Americans. It ranked 5,513th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morehouse?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Morehouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Morehouse?
    Tim Morehouse, American fencer.
    Where is the surname Morehouse most common?
    Wikidata records people named Morehouse in the United States.
    Is the surname Morehouse getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,309 in 2010, up 0.2%.