How common is the surname Mort?

2,762 people in the United States had the surname Mort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,783 Americans. It ranked 11,411th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mort?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mort identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mort?

Valzhyna Mort, Belarusian poet.

Where is the surname Mort most common?

Wikidata records people named Mort in Belarus.

How do you pronounce Mort?

Mort is /mɔː(ɹ)t/, one syllable.

Is the surname Mort getting more or less common?

More common. 2,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,762 in 2010, up 8.1%.

Is Mort also a first name?

Yes. Mort is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mort

A surname, carried by 2,762 people in the United States.

Pronounced /mɔː(ɹ)t/ 1 syllable Soundex M630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mort is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Shortening.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,762 people named Mort in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,783 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,556.

#11,411

rank among US surnames

2,762

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,336)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,404	Cremeans	2,765	111,662
#11,408	Courter	2,764	111,702
#11,409	Hage	2,763	111,743
#11,411	Hallberg	2,762	111,783
#11,414	Brummer	2,761	111,824
#11,415	Schober	2,760	111,864

Who is named Mort

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

93% of people named Mort identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Morts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Valzhyna Mort
Belarusian poet, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mort

Mort has the Soundex code M630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M630.

Questions

Where does the surname Mort come from?: Shortening.
How common is the surname Mort?: 2,762 people in the United States had the surname Mort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,783 Americans. It ranked 11,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mort?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mort identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mort?: Valzhyna Mort, Belarusian poet.
Where is the surname Mort most common?: Wikidata records people named Mort in Belarus.
How do you pronounce Mort?: Mort is /mɔː(ɹ)t/, one syllable.
Is the surname Mort getting more or less common?: More common. 2,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,762 in 2010, up 8.1%.
Is Mort also a first name?: Yes. Mort is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.