The Moraes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 963 people carried this name — #25,620 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 45% from 663 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Moraes surname
Archaic spelling of Morais.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Moraes» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,070 people named Moraes live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
95 people named Moraes live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Moraes.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Nièvre.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Moraes in American newspapers,
1897–1940.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,954 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moraes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cunha Moraes 1855–1933 · photographer -
Luiz Moraes Correia 1881–1934 · jurist -
Francisco de Assis Moraes 1884–1972 · politician -
Gustavo Moraes Rego Reis 1920–1997 · military personnel -
Octávio Moraes 1923–2009 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 114 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moraes.
- Moore 724,374 · U.S. census
- Moos 1,821 · U.S. census
- Moquin 1,219 · U.S. census
- Mor 822 · U.S. census
- Mora 57,464 · U.S. census
- Morabito 2,678 · U.S. census
- Morain 536 · U.S. census
- Moraine 158 · U.S. census
- Morais 3,381 · U.S. census
- Moral 653 · U.S. census
- Morales 311,777 · U.S. census
- Moran 88,615 · U.S. census
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