Last Name MORRELL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: The morel, dark-complexioned. A once common name for a horse. Also, 'the son of Morel,' i.e. dark-complexioned. White, Black, and Brown were all employed as baptisimal names.
Origin English, Spanish, French, Irish

Rank 2,916 (2000 US census) 2,590 (1990 US census)
Count 11,334 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.53%, or 9694 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.1%, or 1031 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.42%, or 48 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.74%, or 84 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.44%, or 163 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.77%, or 314 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

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There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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