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    The surname Morrell

    A surname, carried by 11,700 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M640

    Morrell: #3,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Morrell #3,065, 11,700 people Morrell: #3,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morrell #3,065, 11,700 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morrell is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Morel.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,700 people named Morrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,389 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,334.

    #3,065
    rank among US surnames
    11,700
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,916)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,057Lamar11,73326,314
    #3,058Holton11,73126,319
    #3,059Patten11,73026,321
    #3,060Harlow11,72626,330
    #3,061Vue11,71726,350
    #3,062Marx11,71626,352
    #3,063Sommers11,70626,375

    Who is named Morrell

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

    84% of people named Morrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Morrells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Benjamin Morrell
      American explorer (1795–1839)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morrell

    Morrell has the Soundex code M640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M640.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Morrell come from?
    Variant of Morel.
    How common is the surname Morrell?
    11,700 people in the United States had the surname Morrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,389 Americans. It ranked 3,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morrell?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Morrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Morrell?
    Benjamin Morrell, American explorer (1795–1839).
    Where is the surname Morrell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Morrell in the United States.
    Is the surname Morrell getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,700 in 2010, up 3.2%.