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    The surname Morelli

    A surname, carried by 6,532 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M640

    Morelli: #5,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Morelli #5,333, 6,532 people Morelli: #5,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morelli #5,333, 6,532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morelli is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,532 people named Morelli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,267 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,419.

    #5,333
    rank among US surnames
    6,532
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,015)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,324Yin6,54847,151
    #5,325Marlowe6,54347,187
    #5,326Recinos6,54047,209
    #5,327Tibbetts6,53847,223
    #5,328Lehr6,53747,230
    #5,329Marston6,53547,245
    #5,331Plank6,53447,252

    Who is named Morelli

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

    93% of people named Morelli identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Morellis

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anne Morelli
      Belgian historian, born 1948
    • Mauro Morelli
      Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate (1935–2023)

    Notable Morellis come mostly from Belgium (1) and Brazil (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morelli

    Morelli has the Soundex code M640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Morelli?
    6,532 people in the United States had the surname Morelli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,267 Americans. It ranked 5,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morelli?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Morelli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Morelli?
    Anne Morelli, Belgian historian, followed by Mauro Morelli.
    Where is the surname Morelli most common?
    Wikidata records people named Morelli in Belgium and Brazil.
    Is the surname Morelli getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,419 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,532 in 2010, up 1.8%.