Morrissey

At the 2020 census, 13,333 Americans bore the surname Morrissey — 2,642nd out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 22,400.

By the numbers

People: 13,333
Rank: 2,642nd
How common: 1 in 22,400
Per 100,000: 4.5

Where the name comes from

From Irish Muirgheasa.

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 91.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.5%
Black, not Hispanic 1.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Morrissey

Morrissey (born 1959)British singer and songwriter
Mary Morrissey (born 1949)American writer
David Morrissey (born 1964)English actor
Paul Morrissey (1938–2024)American film director
Josh Morrissey (born 1995)Canadian ice hockey player
John Morrissey (1831–1878)American boxer and politician

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

Surnames like Morrissey

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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.