The Morra surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,175 people carried this name — #22,056 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is down 8% from 1,282 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Morra surname
From numerous placenames in Italy such as Morra De Sanctis, perhaps from Latin murra (“rock, stone”) or otherwise related to muro (“wall”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Morra» (Italian), 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 1,359 people named Morra 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 203 people named Morra.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
43 people named Morra live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 21 people named Morra 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.
Who carried it
People named Morra,
with a public archive behind them.
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Roberto Morra di Lavriano e della Montà 1830–1917 · politician -
Carlos Morra 1854–1926 · architect -
Giacomo Morra 1889–1963 · entrepreneur -
Domenico Morra d. 1689
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Bernardino Morra 1549–1605 · Catholic priest
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Lucio Morra 1569–1623 · bishop
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Morra.
- Morlet 149 · U.S. census
- Moro 2,554 · 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
- Morreale 2,149 · U.S. census
- Morris 318,884 · U.S. census
- Morsch 533 · U.S. census
- Mort 2,762 · U.S. census
- Mortel 318 · U.S. census
- Mortier 415 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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