How common is the surname Morra?

1,175 people in the United States had the surname Morra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Morra?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Morra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Morra?

Rockets Redglare, American actor and stand-up comedian (1949-2001).

Where is the surname Morra most common?

Wikidata records people named Morra in the United States.

Is the surname Morra getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, down 8.3%.

The surname Morra

An Italian surname, carried by 1,175 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). Morra is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Morra.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,175 people named Morra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. That is down 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,282.

#22,056

rank among US surnames

1,175

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-8.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,491)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,047	Whistler	1,176	262,539
#22,056	Hopf	1,175	262,762

Who is named Morra

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

87% of people named Morra identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Morras

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rockets Redglare
American actor and stand-up comedian (1949-2001)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Morra

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Morra come from?: Borrowed from Italian Morra.
How common is the surname Morra?: 1,175 people in the United States had the surname Morra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Morra?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Morra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Morra?: Rockets Redglare, American actor and stand-up comedian (1949-2001).
Where is the surname Morra most common?: Wikidata records people named Morra in the United States.
Is the surname Morra getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, down 8.3%.