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    The surname Morua

    A surname, carried by 1,096 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morua is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,096 people named Morua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,702 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 831.

    #23,251
    rank among US surnames
    1,096
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.9%
    change since 2000 (was #27,344)

    Who is named Morua

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

    94% of people named Morua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Morua

    Morua has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Morua?
    1,096 people in the United States had the surname Morua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,702 Americans. It ranked 23,251st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Morua?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Morua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Morua getting more or less common?
    More common. 831 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,096 in 2010, up 32%.