The Moreno surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 196,925 people carried this name — #124 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,500 people counted. That is up 35% from 146,088 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Moreno surname
A characteristical surname from Spanish.
From moreno, a nickname in Spanish and Portuguese meaning "dark".
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Moreno» (Spanish), 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 121,531 people named Moreno 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,126 people named Moreno.
1,497 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
1,283 people named Moreno live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 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/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 49 people named Moreno 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 East Flanders.
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 Poland’s population register
27 people named Moreno have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 97 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 Masovian.
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 the Nordic population registers
231 people named Moreno are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Moreno in American newspapers,
1858–1937.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 103,784 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moreno,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martim Soares Moreno 1586–1700 · explorer -
José Romero y Fernández de Landa 1735–1807 · sailor -
Ventura Moreno Zavala 1736–1784 · military personnel -
Tomás Moreno Daoíz 1765–1829 · politician -
Mariano Moreno 1778–1811 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 177 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moreno.
- Morell 4,281 · U.S. census
- Morelle 166 · U.S. census
- Morelli 6,532 · U.S. census
- Morello 3,283 · U.S. census
- Moren 1,103 · U.S. census
- Morena 1,680 · U.S. census
- Morera 1,155 · U.S. census
- Mores 422 · U.S. census
- Moreschi 373 · U.S. census
- Moresco 359 · U.S. census
- Moret 1,071 · U.S. census
- Moreton 652 · U.S. census
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