Last Name MORRIS

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Meaning The son of Maurice, commonly spelt Morris. Also nickname 'the Moreys,' i.e. the Moorish, the Moor.
From Mawr and rys, a hero, a warrior, a brave man. Marth, the great, the warlike, same as Mavors.
Origin English, Welsh, Scottish, Jewish, Arabic, Spanish, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Irish, Lebanese, Falkland, Belgian, South african, Hungarian, Sierra leonean, Tanzanian, Liberian

Rank 56 (2000 US census) 53 (1990 US census)
Count 311,754 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.92%, or 236684 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 19.29%, or 60137 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.43%, or 1341 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.93%, or 2899 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.7%, or 5300 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.73%, or 5393 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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