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    The surname Morriss

    A surname, carried by 1,566 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M620

    Morriss: #17,864 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Morriss #17,864, 1,566 people Morriss: #17,864 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morriss #17,864, 1,566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morriss is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,566 people named Morriss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,156 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,546.

    #17,864
    rank among US surnames
    1,566
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,960)

    Who is named Morriss

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

    90% of people named Morriss identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morriss

    Morriss 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 Morriss?
    1,566 people in the United States had the surname Morriss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,156 Americans. It ranked 17,864th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morriss?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Morriss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Morriss getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,566 in 2010, up 1.3%.