The Moro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,554 people carried this name — #12,198 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 114,900 people counted. That is up 12% from 2,287 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,753 people named Moro 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 1,454 people named Moro.
440 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.
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
613 people named Moro live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 92 people named Moro 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 Hainaut.
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
36 people named Moro have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 68 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
176 people named Moro are counted in Finland and Sweden.
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
Moro in American newspapers,
1907–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,127,541 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antônio Moro d. 1914 · politician -
Domingo Moro d. 1970 · composer
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Carlos Moro Moreno d. 2003 · politician
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Giovanni Moro d. 1254 · politician
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Simeone Moro d. 1292 · Catholic priest
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Giacomo Antonio Moro d. 1624 · engraver
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moro.
- Morisset 533 · U.S. census
- Moritz 6,216 · U.S. census
- Morla 435 · U.S. census
- Morlan 2,697 · U.S. census
- Morland 901 · U.S. census
- Morlet 149 · U.S. census
- Moron 1,026 · U.S. census
- Moroni 559 · U.S. census
- Morosini 104 · U.S. census
- Moroz 1,434 · U.S. census
- Morra 1,175 · U.S. census
- Morreale 2,149 · U.S. census
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