How common is the surname Morningstar?

2,673 people in the United States had the surname Morningstar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,505 Americans. It ranked 11,722nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Morningstar?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Morningstar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Morningstar?

Darren Morningstar, American basketball player (born 1969).

Where is the surname Morningstar most common?

Wikidata records people named Morningstar in the United States.

Is the surname Morningstar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,673 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Morningstar

A surname, carried by 2,673 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morningstar 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 2,673 people named Morningstar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,505 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,495.

#11,722

rank among US surnames

2,673

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,557)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,714	Dismuke	2,676	115,376
#11,716	Ikeda	2,675	115,419
#11,719	Blazek	2,674	115,462
#11,722	Pickel	2,673	115,505
#11,728	Currey	2,672	115,548

Who is named Morningstar

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

91% of people named Morningstar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Morningstars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Darren Morningstar
American basketball player (born 1969)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Morningstar

Morning

Morningstar has the Soundex code M655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M655.

Questions

How common is the surname Morningstar?: 2,673 people in the United States had the surname Morningstar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,505 Americans. It ranked 11,722nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Morningstar?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Morningstar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Morningstar?: Darren Morningstar, American basketball player (born 1969).
Where is the surname Morningstar most common?: Wikidata records people named Morningstar in the United States.
Is the surname Morningstar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,673 in 2010, up 7.1%.