How common is the surname Morocho?

2,918 people in the United States had the surname Morocho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,807 Americans. It ranked 10,910th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Morocho getting more or less common?

More common. 953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,918 in 2010, up 206%.

The surname Morocho

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,918 people in the United States.

3 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). Morocho is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Morocho. This surname is mostly found in Ecuador.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,918 people named Morocho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,807 Americans. That is up 206% since 2000, when the Census counted 953.

#10,910

rank among US surnames

2,918

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+206.2%

change since 2000 (was #24,584)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,903	Wigley	2,920	105,735
#10,907	Gleeson	2,919	105,771
#10,910	Goodyear	2,918	105,807
#10,912	Edelstein	2,917	105,844
#10,914	Kinchen	2,916	105,880
#10,919	Philbrick	2,915	105,916

Who is named Morocho

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

98% of people named Morocho identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 98%
White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Morocho

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Morocho come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Morocho. This surname is mostly found in Ecuador.
How common is the surname Morocho?: 2,918 people in the United States had the surname Morocho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,807 Americans. It ranked 10,910th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Morocho?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Morocho identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Morocho getting more or less common?: More common. 953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,918 in 2010, up 206%.