Last Name MORGAN

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Meaning	The son of Morgan. Latterly in the place of Ap-Morgag, the true Welsh patronymic, an English form Morgans has arisen. From 'Mor,' the sea, and 'gan,' born; the same as 'Pelagius' - born on the sea, from the Greek, the sea. 'Mor,' the sea, and 'gan,' by or near - near the sea, a locality.

Origin	Welsh, Scottish, Jewish, Spanish, French, Native American, Irish, Romanian, Falkland, Ugandan, Maori, Creole, Belgian, South african, Hungarian, Liberian

Rank	62 (2000 US census)	57 (1990 US census)

Count	276,400 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.47%, or 216891 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.47%, or 45523 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 1161 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.15%, or 3179 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.64%, or 4533 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.86%, or 5141 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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