How common is the surname Morgado?

1,803 people in the United States had the surname Morgado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,240 Americans. It ranked 16,064th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Morgado getting more or less common?

More common. 1,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,803 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Morgado

A surname, carried by 1,803 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morgado is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,803 people named Morgado in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,240 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,270.

#16,064

rank among US surnames

1,803

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+42%

change since 2000 (was #19,642)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,059	Hartig	1,805	171,050
#16,060	Saylors	1,804	171,145
#16,064	Ochsner	1,803	171,240
#16,071	Vales	1,802	171,335

Who is named Morgado

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

53% of people named Morgado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53%
White (not Hispanic) 43%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%

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 Morgado

Mercado

Morgado has the Soundex code M623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M623.

Questions

How common is the surname Morgado?: 1,803 people in the United States had the surname Morgado in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,240 Americans. It ranked 16,064th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Morgado?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Morgado identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Morgado getting more or less common?: More common. 1,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,803 in 2010, up 42%.