Morell

3,807 people in the United States were counted with the surname Morell in the 2020 census, making it the 8,324th most common in the country. That is about one person in 78,500.

By the numbers

People: 3,807
Rank: 8,324th
How common: 1 in 78,500
Per 100,000: 1.3

Where the name comes from

As an English surname, from the personal name Morel, a diminutive of Middle English and Old French more (“dark”), from Latin Maurus. Compare Moore.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Morell described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 57.5%
Hispanic or Latino 34.8%
Black, not Hispanic 4.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Morell

Theodor Morell (1886–1948)personal physician to Adolf Hitler
Juliana Morell (1594–1653)Spanish nun and intellectual child prodigy
André Morell (1909–1978)English actor
Michael Morell (born 1958)Deputy Director of the CIA
Curdin Morell (born 1963)Swiss bobsledder

People named Morell with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Morell

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.