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    The surname Morren

    A Dutch nickname surname, carried by 645 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). Morren is more common than 78.4% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    * 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”).

    Morren is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 645 people named Morren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 642.

    #34,967
    rank among US surnames
    645
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #33,528)

    Who is named Morren

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

    91% of people named Morren identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Morrens

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morren

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

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Morren come from?
    * 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”).
    How common is the surname Morren?
    645 people in the United States had the surname Morren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. It ranked 34,967th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morren?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Morren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Morren?
    Charles François Antoine Morren, Belgian botanist (1807-1858), followed by Charles Jacques Édouard Morren.
    Where is the surname Morren most common?
    Wikidata records people named Morren in Belgium.
    What type of surname is Morren?
    Morren is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Morren getting more or less common?
    More common. 642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 645 in 2010, up 0.5%.