How common is the surname Morrill?

7,598 people in the United States had the surname Morrill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,635 Americans. It ranked 4,667th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Morrill?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Morrill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Morrill?

Annie Morrill Smith, American botanist (1856-1946), followed by Lot M. Morrill.

Where is the surname Morrill most common?

Wikidata records people named Morrill in the United States.

Is the surname Morrill getting more or less common?

More common. 7,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,598 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Morrill

A surname, carried by 7,598 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morrill is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Morel.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,598 people named Morrill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,635 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,458.

#4,667

rank among US surnames

7,598

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,396)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,658	Martini	7,612	40,560
#4,659	McEwen	7,610	40,571
#4,660	Heflin	7,609	40,576
#4,661	Sparkman	7,607	40,587
#4,662	Zeng	7,605	40,598
#4,663	Reitz	7,604	40,603
#4,664	Silvers	7,602	40,614

Who is named Morrill

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

94% of people named Morrill identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Morrills

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Annie Morrill Smith
American botanist (1856-1946)
Lot M. Morrill
American politician (1813-1883)
Justin Smith Morrill
American politician (1810–1898)
Anson Morrill
American politician (1803-1887)
Samuel P. Morrill
American politician (1816–1892)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Morrill

Morrill 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 Morrill come from?: Variant of Morel.
How common is the surname Morrill?: 7,598 people in the United States had the surname Morrill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,635 Americans. It ranked 4,667th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Morrill?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Morrill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Morrill?: Annie Morrill Smith, American botanist (1856-1946), followed by Lot M. Morrill.
Where is the surname Morrill most common?: Wikidata records people named Morrill in the United States.
Is the surname Morrill getting more or less common?: More common. 7,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,598 in 2010, up 1.9%.