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    The surname Morita

    A Japanese surname, carried by 1,986 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M630

    Morita: #14,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Morita #14,902, 1,986 people Morita: #14,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morita #14,902, 1,986 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morita is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 森田 (Morita).

    One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,986 people named Morita in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,954.

    #14,902
    rank among US surnames
    1,986
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #14,127)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,893Sweetman1,987155,383
    #14,902Enderle1,986155,461

    Who is named Morita

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

    73% of people named Morita identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.7% as two or more races and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 73%
    • Two or more races 9.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morita

    Morita has the Soundex code M630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M630.

    Other Japanese surnames

    All 123 Japanese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Morita come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 森田 (Morita).
    How common is the surname Morita?
    1,986 people in the United States had the surname Morita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. It ranked 14,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morita?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Morita identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Morita getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,986 in 2010, up 1.6%.