How common is the surname Moro?

2,554 people in the United States had the surname Moro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,887 Americans. It ranked 12,198th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Moro?

In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Moro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Moro?

Sergio Moro, Brazilian politician and federal judge, followed by Ernst Moro.

Where is the surname Moro most common?

Wikidata records people named Moro in Brazil and Germany.

Is the surname Moro getting more or less common?

More common. 2,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,554 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Moro

A surname, carried by 2,554 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moro is more common than 92.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,554 people named Moro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,887 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,287.

#12,198

rank among US surnames

2,554

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+11.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,450)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,192	Vento	2,555	120,840
#12,198	Moro	2,554	120,887
#12,199	Baney	2,553	120,934
#12,204	Stimson	2,552	120,982

Who is named Moro

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

62% of people named Moro identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moros

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sergio Moro
Brazilian politician and federal judge, born 1972
Ernst Moro
Austrian physician (1874–1951)

Notable Moros come mostly from Brazil (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moro

Moro has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Questions

How common is the surname Moro?: 2,554 people in the United States had the surname Moro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,887 Americans. It ranked 12,198th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moro?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Moro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Moro?: Sergio Moro, Brazilian politician and federal judge, followed by Ernst Moro.
Where is the surname Moro most common?: Wikidata records people named Moro in Brazil and Germany.
Is the surname Moro getting more or less common?: More common. 2,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,554 in 2010, up 12%.