The Morales surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 217,642 people carried this name — #90 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,240 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,439 people named Morales.
Most of them — 765 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
901 people named Morales live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
20 people named Morales have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 124 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Morales in American newspapers,
1873–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 303,826 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Morales,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cristóbal de Morales 1500–1553 · writer -
Luis de Morales 1509–1586 · artist -
Ambrosio de Morales 1513–1591 · historian -
Vicente Morales Duárez 1755–1812 · politician -
Agustín Morales 1808–1872 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 195 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Morales.
- Morabito 2,580 · U.S. census
- Moraes 663 · U.S. census
- Morain 535 · U.S. census
- Moraine 142 · U.S. census
- Morais 2,123 · U.S. census
- Moral 523 · U.S. census
- Moran 78,546 · U.S. census
- Morana 313 · U.S. census
- Morancy 141 · U.S. census
- Morand 753 · U.S. census
- Morandi 427 · U.S. census
- Morando 752 · U.S. census
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