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    The surname Morena

    A surname, carried by 1,680 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M650

    Morena: #16,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Morena #16,933, 1,680 people Morena: #16,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morena #16,933, 1,680 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morena is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,680 people named Morena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,777 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,126.

    #16,933
    rank among US surnames
    1,680
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +49.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,590)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,926Bashore1,681183,668
    #16,933Morena1,680183,777
    #16,939McBean1,679183,887

    Who is named Morena

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

    47% of people named Morena identified as white (not Hispanic), 46% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 46%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morena

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Morena?
    1,680 people in the United States had the surname Morena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,777 Americans. It ranked 16,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morena?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Morena identified as white (not Hispanic), and 46% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Morena getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,680 in 2010, up 49%.