The Morris surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 311,754 people carried this name — #56 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 865 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
182 people named Morris live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 180 people named Morris.
Most of them — 130 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 90 people named Morris 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 Flemish Brabant.
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
88 people named Morris have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 236 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 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.
Who carried it
People named Morris,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lewis Morris 1701–1765 · poet -
Lewis Morris 1726–1798 · politician -
Robert Morris 1734–1806 · politician -
Gouverneur Morris 1752–1816 · politician -
Buckner Stith Morris 1800–1879 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 98 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Morris.
- Moron 937 · U.S. census
- Moroni 586 · U.S. census
- Morosini 109 · U.S. census
- Moroz 1,224 · U.S. census
- Morra 1,282 · U.S. census
- Morreale 2,083 · U.S. census
- Morsch 545 · U.S. census
- Mort 2,556 · U.S. census
- Mortel 289 · U.S. census
- Mortier 446 · U.S. census
- Morton 58,788 · U.S. census
- Mortz 147 · U.S. census
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