The Morgenstern surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,738 people carried this name — #11,493 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 107,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 2,533 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Morgenstern surname
From Middle High German morgenstern, from Old High German morganstern.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Morgenstern» (German), 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 379 people named Morgenstern 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Morgenstern.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
92 people named Morgenstern 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 the Nordic population registers
21 people named Morgenstern is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Morgenstern in American newspapers,
1889–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,263 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Morgenstern.
- Morgado 1,803 · U.S. census
- Morgan 286,280 · U.S. census
- Morgante 343 · U.S. census
- Morganti 1,078 · U.S. census
- Morge 122 · U.S. census
- Morgen 621 · U.S. census
- Morgenthaler 548 · U.S. census
- Morgon 240 · U.S. census
- Mori 4,228 · U.S. census
- Morice 500 · U.S. census
- Moriconi 325 · U.S. census
- Morien 130 · U.S. census
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