Morrison

Morrison is the 262nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 115,546 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 2,587.

By the numbers

People: 115,546
Rank: 262nd
How common: 1 in 2,587
Per 100,000: 38.7

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

From the given name Maurice.

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 75.8%
Black, not Hispanic 14.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Morrison

Jim Morrison (1943–1971)American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors
Toni Morrison (1931–2019)African American novelist, essayist, and academic
Scott Morrison (born 1968)Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
Jennifer Morrison (born 1979)American actress
Van Morrison (born 1945)Northern Irish musician
Matthew Morrison (born 1978)American actor, dancer, and singer
Temuera Morrison (born 1960)New Zealand actor
John Morrison (born 1979)American professional wrestler

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

Surnames like Morrison

Also a first name

Morrison has been given to 2,001 American babies as a first name since 1911, peaking in 2015. 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.