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    The surname Moron

    A surname, carried by 1,026 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M650

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moron is more common than 85% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,026 people named Moron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 937.

    #24,404
    rank among US surnames
    1,026
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,914)

    Who is named Moron

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

    85% of people named Moron identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    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 Moron

    Moron has the Soundex code M650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Moron?
    1,026 people in the United States had the surname Moron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moron?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Moron identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Moron getting more or less common?
    More common. 937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, up 9.5%.