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    The surname Morrissey

    A surname, carried by 13,564 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M620

    Morrissey: #2,658 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Morrissey #2,658, 13,564 people Morrissey: #2,658 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Morrissey #2,658, 13,564 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morrissey is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    From Irish Muirgheasa.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,564 people named Morrissey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,762 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,244.

    #2,658
    rank among US surnames
    13,564
    people in 2010
    4.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,496)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,650Crouse13,59822,705
    #2,651Dowd13,59022,719
    #2,652Suggs13,58522,727
    #2,653Pickering13,58222,732
    #2,654Adam13,57422,745
    #2,655Cheney13,57322,747
    #2,656Yancey13,56622,759

    Who is named Morrissey

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

    94% of people named Morrissey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Morrisseys

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mary Morrissey
      American writer (1949-)
    • Paul Morrissey
      American film director (1938–2024)
    • John Morrissey
      American boxer and politician (1831-1878)
    • Neil Morrissey
      British actor, born 1962
    • Joy Morrissey
      American-British politician and Conservative MP (born 1981)
    • Big Cass
      American professional wrestler and actor, born 1986

    Notable Morrisseys come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morrissey

    Morrissey 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 Morrissey come from?
    From Irish Muirgheasa.
    How common is the surname Morrissey?
    13,564 people in the United States had the surname Morrissey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,762 Americans. It ranked 2,658th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morrissey?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Morrissey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Morrissey?
    Mary Morrissey, American writer (1949-), followed by Paul Morrissey.
    Where is the surname Morrissey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Morrissey in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Morrissey getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,564 in 2010, up 2.4%.