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    The surname Moroz

    An Ukrainian surname, carried by 1,434 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M620

    Moroz: #19,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Moroz #19,004, 1,434 people Moroz: #19,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Moroz #19,004, 1,434 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moroz is more common than 88.3% of them.

    Origin

    Ukrainian origin

    From Ukrainian or Russian мороз (moroz, literally “frost”).

    One of 22 Ukrainian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,434 people named Moroz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,304 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,224.

    #19,004
    rank among US surnames
    1,434
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,234)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,004Joly1,434215,304
    #19,012McGuffey1,433215,454

    Who is named Moroz

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

    97% of people named Moroz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Moroz

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

    Other Ukrainian surnames

    All 22 Ukrainian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Moroz come from?
    From Ukrainian or Russian мороз (moroz, literally “frost”).
    How common is the surname Moroz?
    1,434 people in the United States had the surname Moroz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,304 Americans. It ranked 19,004th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Moroz?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Moroz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Moroz getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,434 in 2010, up 17%.