The Morant surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,120 people carried this name — #14,168 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is up 27% from 1,674 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 734 people named Morant.
158 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 195 people named Morant 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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
54 people named Morant live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 50 people named Morant live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Morant in American newspapers,
1865–1880.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,395 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Morant.
- Morana 281 · U.S. census
- Morancy 215 · U.S. census
- Morand 753 · U.S. census
- Morandi 469 · U.S. census
- Morando 560 · U.S. census
- Morano 3,910 · U.S. census
- Moranville 297 · U.S. census
- Moras 475 · U.S. census
- Morat 125 · U.S. census
- Morata 166 · U.S. census
- Morato 476 · U.S. census
- Morawski 938 · U.S. census
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