How common is the surname Morlan?

2,697 people in the United States had the surname Morlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,477 Americans. It ranked 11,626th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Morlan?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Morlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Morlan?

Margaret Field, American actress (1922-2011).

Where is the surname Morlan most common?

Wikidata records people named Morlan in the United States.

Is the surname Morlan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,697 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Morlan

A surname, carried by 2,697 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M645

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morlan is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,697 people named Morlan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,477 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,344.

#11,626

rank among US surnames

2,697

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+15.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,189)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,620	Skiba	2,700	114,350
#11,622	Tindell	2,699	114,393
#11,624	Johansson	2,698	114,435
#11,626	Morlan	2,697	114,477
#11,627	Gaxiola	2,696	114,520
#11,631	Witten	2,695	114,562

Who is named Morlan

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

90% of people named Morlan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Morlans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margaret Field
American actress (1922-2011)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Morlan

Morlan has the Soundex code M645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M645.

Questions

How common is the surname Morlan?: 2,697 people in the United States had the surname Morlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,477 Americans. It ranked 11,626th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Morlan?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Morlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Morlan?: Margaret Field, American actress (1922-2011).
Where is the surname Morlan most common?: Wikidata records people named Morlan in the United States.
Is the surname Morlan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,697 in 2010, up 15%.