Morris

Morris is the 64th most common surname in the United States, shared by 307,446 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 972.

By the numbers

People: 307,446
Rank: 64th
How common: 1 in 972
Per 100,000: 102.9

Where the name comes from

The surname has converged from several origins; see Morris.

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 70.3%
Black, not Hispanic 20.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Morris

William Morris (1834–1896)British textile artist, author, and socialist
Morris (1923–2001)Belgian comics artist
Heather Morris (born 1987)American actress, dancer, singer, and model
Maren Morris (born 1990)American country singer
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914–1999)Irish journalist and President of the IOC
Kathryn Morris (born 1969)American actress
Chester Morris (1901–1970)American actor
Glenn Morris (1912–1974)American track and field athlete

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

Surnames like Morris

Also a first name

Morris has been given to 71,483 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1918. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

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.