Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Morrisey

    A surname, carried by 1,957 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M620

    Morrisey: #15,074 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Morrisey #15,074, 1,957 people Morrisey: #15,074 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morrisey #15,074, 1,957 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morrisey is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,957 people named Morrisey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,765 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,891.

    #15,074
    rank among US surnames
    1,957
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,472)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,066Mitra1,958157,684
    #15,074Bolds1,957157,765
    #15,080Marmol1,956157,845

    Who is named Morrisey

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

    64% of people named Morrisey identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Morriseys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Patrick Morrisey
      American politician and lawyer (born 1967)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Morrisey

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Morrisey?
    1,957 people in the United States had the surname Morrisey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,765 Americans. It ranked 15,074th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morrisey?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Morrisey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Morrisey?
    Patrick Morrisey, American politician and lawyer (born 1967).
    Where is the surname Morrisey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Morrisey in the United States.
    Is the surname Morrisey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,891 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,957 in 2010, up 3.5%.