# Morren (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/morren/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 645 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,967 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 478,675 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (642 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Morrin. * As a Dutch surname, borrowed Morren, a nickname for a grumbling person, from morren (“to grumble”), or from personal names derived from the noun moer (“moor, marsh”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Morren in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Morren in Belgium.

## People named Morren

- Charles François Antoine Morren, Belgian botanist (1807-1858)
- Charles Jacques Édouard Morren, Belgian botanist (1833-1886)

## Similar surnames

Moreno, Moran, Morin, Morano, Morrone, Moroney, Morena, Moren, Moron, Marren, Morrin, Marin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.