Last Name MORAY

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Meaning Vide, Murray.
'De Moravia.' Some deduce this family from a warlike people called the 'Moravii,' who came from Germany into Scotland, and affixed their own nomenclature to that district now called the 'shire of Moray.' The root of the name is the same whether Moravian or Gaelic, and signifies the great water, from 'mar,' great, and 'an' or 'av,' water.
Origin Scottish, Hungarian

Rank 78,838 (2000 US census)
Count 225 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 79.11%, or 178 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.56%, or 8 total occurrences, as black,
  • 2.22%, or 5 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.11%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 12%, or 27 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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