How common is the surname Moris?

1,115 people in the United States had the surname Moris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. It ranked 22,944th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moris?

In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Moris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Moris getting more or less common?

More common. 980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,115 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Moris

A surname, carried by 1,115 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moris is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,115 people named Moris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 980.

#22,944

rank among US surnames

1,115

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+13.8%

change since 2000 (was #24,023)

Who is named Moris

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

69% of people named Moris identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moris

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

Questions

How common is the surname Moris?: 1,115 people in the United States had the surname Moris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. It ranked 22,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moris?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Moris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Moris getting more or less common?: More common. 980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,115 in 2010, up 14%.