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    The surnameMorris

    A patronymic surname, the 62nd most common in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈmɔɹɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex M620 Also a first name

    Morris: #62 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Morris #62, 318,884 people Morris: #62 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Morris #62, 318,884 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morris is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    * The surname has converged from several origins; see Morris.

    Morris is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 318,884 people named Morris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 968 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 311,754.

    #62
    rank among US surnames
    318,884
    people in 2010
    108
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #56)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #53Evans355,593868
    #54Turner348,627886
    #55Diaz347,636888
    #56Parker336,221918
    #57Cruz334,201924
    #58Edwards332,423929
    #59Collins329,770936

    Who is named Morris

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

    74% of people named Morris identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Morriss

    100 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Heather Morris
      American actress, dancer, singer, and model, born 1987
    • Maren Morris
      American country singer, born 1990
    • Kathryn Morris
      American actress, born 1969
    • Chester Morris
      American actor (1901–1970)
    • Glenn Morris
      American track and field athlete (1912–1974)
    • Gouverneur Morris
      American politician (1752-1816)
    • Robert Tappan Morris
      American computer scientist; creator of Morris Worm; associate professor at MIT, born 1965
    • Robert Morris
      American financier and Founding Father of the United States (1734-1806)
    • Phil Morris
      American actor, born 1959
    • Garrett Morris
      American actor, born 1937
    • Marcus Morris Sr.
      American basketball player (born 1989)
    • Jordan Morris
      American soccer player, born 1994

    Notable Morriss come mostly from the United States (82), the United Kingdom (6) and Australia (5).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morris

    Morris has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Morris come from?
    * The surname has converged from several origins; see Morris.
    How common is the surname Morris?
    318,884 people in the United States had the surname Morris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 968 Americans. It ranked 62nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morris?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Morris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Morris?
    Heather Morris, American actress, dancer, singer, and model, followed by Maren Morris.