Popularity of the last name by country
All countries
- United Kingdom (560,363)
- United States (348,262)
- Ireland (39,502)
- Australia (30,801)
- New Zealand (15,326)
- France (11,313)
- Canada (10,221)
- Unknown country (6,232)
- Netherlands (1,848)
- Germany (1,767)
- Belgium (1,481)
- Switzerland (1,318)
- Italy (1,259)
- Mexico (496)
- Spain (482)
- India (472)
- Colombia (441)
- Jamaica (339)
- Austria (337)
- Russian Federation (335)
- Indonesia (334)
- South Africa (324)
- Sweden (301)
- Algeria (283)
- Poland (282)
- Barbados (269)
- Norway (256)
- Greece (223)
- Turkey (207)
- China (189)
- Argentina (183)
- Paraguay (143)
- Peru (134)
- Denmark (131)
- Brazil (130)
- Hungary (125)
- Egypt (120)
- Israel (115)
- French Polynesia (106)
- Lebanon (99)
Origine of last name
MORRIS : 1: English and Scottish: from Maurice an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius a derivative of Maurus (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Moore">Moore</a>). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.2: Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Morrissey">Morrissey</a>).3: Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius) which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus Morys a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).4: German: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Moritz">Moritz</a> and in North America (also) an altered form of this.5: Americanized form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Maurice">Maurice</a> a cognate of 1 above.6: Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Morse">Morse</a>).
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