Popularity of the last name by country
Morocco
- Grand Casablanca (122)
- Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër (95)
- Tanger-Tétouan (24)
- Meknès-Tafilalet (23)
- Fès-Boulemane (18)
- Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (17)
- Souss-Massa-Drâa (10)
- Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate (8)
- Chaouia-Ouardigha (4)
- Oriental (3)
- Doukkala-Abda (2)
- Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen (1)
- Tadla-Azilal (1)
All countries
- France (2,559,691)
- Canada (23,725)
- Réunion (22,844)
- Switzerland (20,680)
- Belgium (19,688)
- Netherlands (13,169)
- Algeria (4,525)
- United States (4,150)
- United Kingdom (3,341)
- Italy (2,670)
- Germany (1,708)
- Seychelles (1,502)
- Spain (1,441)
- Mauritius (1,200)
- Unknown country (800)
- Argentina (760)
- New Caledonia (598)
- Madagascar (535)
- Viet Nam (427)
- Morocco (379)
- Dominican Republic (378)
- Austria (324)
- Tunisia (307)
- Martinique (273)
- Guadeloupe (270)
- Peru (258)
- Hungary (238)
- New Zealand (228)
- Australia (211)
- Senegal (201)
- India (200)
- Chile (183)
- Sweden (155)
- Poland (148)
- Ireland (142)
- St. Pierre and Miquelon (142)
- Mexico (135)
- Russian Federation (131)
- Luxembourg (127)
- Denmark (117)
Origine of last name
MOREL : 1: French and Spanish: from the medieval personal name Morel from the Latin name Maurellus derived from Maurus ‘Moor’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Mauro">Mauro</a> compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Moreau">Moreau</a> 1).2: French: nickname for a dark-skinned man from Old French morel ‘dark brown black’ a diminutive of moré ‘brown black’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/More">More</a> 2 compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Moreau">Moreau</a> 2). Compare also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Morell">Morell</a> 3 and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Morrell">Morrell</a> 2.3: English: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Morrell">Morrell</a> 2 a cognate of 1 above.
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