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The Moris surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,115 people carried this name — #22,944 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 14% from 980 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,508 people named Moris 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 977
Santa Fe 174
Córdoba 152
City of Buenos Aires 53
Mendoza 49
Tucumán 33
San Luis 32
Jujuy 17

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 669 people named Moris 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 Antwerp.

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Where they live today

Antwerp 346
Limburg 108
Luxembourg Province 92
Flemish Brabant 66
Liège 29
Hainaut 11
Namur 7
Brussels-Capital 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 369 people named Moris.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Haute-Marne.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Haute-Marne 70
Paris 67
Savoie 43
Finistère 25
Guadeloupe 18
Loire-Atlantique 14
Haute-Saône 13
Côte-d’Or 13

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

23 people named Moris is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 23

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).

Who carried it

People named Moris,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Giacinto Moris 1796–1869 · politician
  • Louis-Marie Moris 1808–1900 · sculptor
  • Louis-Marie Moris 1808–1883 · sculptor
  • Alexandre Moris 1817–1864 · geologist
  • Louis-Marie Moris 1818–1900 · sculptor
  • Louis-Marie Moris 1818–1883 · sculptor

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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