Moris is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Moris
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: A form of the name Maurice Savoie (it is also found in the Haute-Marne), which is found a few mentions in Italy.

How popular is Moris?

Moris is common in Argentina.

Moris is ranked 13651 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Morises grew by 13.77551 per cent to 1115 since 2000 and ranked 22944 after elevating 1079 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.7 70.82
Hispanic or Latino 18.48 11.73
Black 8.61 12.65
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.06 1.84
Moris is quite popular family name mostly used in Egypt while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 38653 people have been found who wears Moris as their family name. Moris is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,969 Armenia7
46,707 New Zealand5
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
8,689 Pakistan4
2,444 Sudan3
4,915 Panama3
2,720 South Korea3
7,294 Kuwait3
11,290 Guyana3
7,619 Ecuador3
9,500 Ghana3
4,367 Afghanistan2
3,014 Taiwan2
37,372 Georgia2
20,595 China2
11,224 Cameroon2
18,718 Thailand2
10,211 Bulgaria2
17,547 Colombia2
11,736 Lithuania2
5,671 Guatemala2
2,794 El Salvador2
18,625 Japan2
6,103 Cyprus2
14,521 Portugal2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
6,212 Jamaica1
12,270 Lebanon1
8,859 Iraq1
8,268 Mauritius1
31,207 Ireland1
14,373 Jordan1
3,071 Jersey1
37,493 Austria1
29,595 Iran1
28,746 Algeria1
20,172 Hungary1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
3,586 Honduras1
36,678 Singapore1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,967 Macedonia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
4,171 Rwanda1
19,810 Croatia1
11,831 Tajikistan1
4,435 Togo1
14,644 Tunisia1
11,510 Oman1
6,033 Benin1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
510 East Timor1
573 Vanuatu1
2,190 Barbados1
2,309 Monaco1
2,040 Mali1
2,935 Madagascar1
6,820 Angola1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
27,871 Belarus45
6,551 Qatar39
14,963 Scotland26
44,225 Czech Republic26
2,975 Costa Rica23
20,844 Moldova21
9,757 Nigeria15
29,040 Denmark15
62,309 Zimbabwe13
3,940 Nicaragua11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,684 United Arab Emirates99
3,998 Latvia88
31,155 Netherlands75
45,215 Canada69
17,456 Switzerland63
37,832 Kazakhstan62
4,082 Estonia61
3,517 Puerto Rico54
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Moris:
18,707 Russia903
1,767 Belgium883
17,255 Philippines838
39,976 India830
11,618 France796
14,537 Germany706
6,580 Spain633
8,131 Kenya628
9,130 Ukraine626
4,024 Malaysia582
22,172 Indonesia505
13,743 Turkey489
1,833 Dominican Republic361
26,854 Italy358
14,898 Morocco336
4,129 Israel271
6,781 Sri Lanka261
20,671 England253
24,102 Poland239
19,046 Mexico183
8,460 Venezuela176
32,575 South Africa164
11,811 Peru128
15,064 Romania125
15,938 Greece123
399 Luxembourg112
4,506 Uruguay110
Countries with thousands of Moris:
1,029 Egypt9,806
1,190 Uganda5,414
1,026 Tanzania5,083
1,002 Chile1,745
8,881 Brazil1,558
25,125 United States1,224
4,318 Argentina1,195
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman James Moris from Ireland aboard the Helen Thompson from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 28 years old when he arrived in USA on June 3, 1846. Hyam Moris (13) Immigrant, Tailoress Bernard Moris, Mary Moris, aged 28, Bridget Moris (3), John Moris, James Moris (Born at sea) Infant, Patrick Moris (21) Workman, Immigrant Jane Moris, and 14 other Moris around 62.5% of whom were workman migrated to US from Greenock, Liverpool and Glasgow.

From Italy

29 years old miner Pasguale Moris who was residing in Italy migrated to USA on June 21, 1883 by Plantyn put out from Antwerp. 20 years old Vincenzo Moris, are other Moris that migrated to US.

Comments

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Moris
Moris is a variant of Mauritius, Christian name and surname represents the Latin name mauritius, name popularized by the head of the legion thebaine, tortures has Agaune (Swiss).

Moris Namesakes

  • Aiko Morishita, Takuro Yoshida's wife
  • Akiko Morishima, Writer
  • Akiko Morison, Actress
  • Aksel Morisse, Actor
  • Alain Morisod, Pianist
  • Alanis Morissette, Singer-songwriter
  • Alanis Morissette, Actor
  • Wade Morissette, Musician
  • Alanis Morissette, Singer-songwriter
  • Alyce H. K. Morishige, Author

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