Morales Surname
Approximately 3,139,126 people bear this surname
Morales Surname Definition:
The son of Moral (right and proper); one who came from Morales (mulberry tree), the name of two towns in Spain.
The plural of the Spanish "moral" - a blackberry tree. A town in east Guatemala.
Very common and ancient patronymic - son of Moral.
Read More About This SurnameMorales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1,128,242 | 1:110 | 13 |
| Guatemala | 277,900 | 1:58 | 5 |
| United States | 248,279 | 1:1,460 | 112 |
| Colombia | 244,911 | 1:195 | 28 |
| Venezuela | 138,074 | 1:219 | 31 |
| Philippines | 129,957 | 1:779 | 35 |
| Spain | 125,749 | 1:372 | 31 |
| Chile | 122,977 | 1:143 | 11 |
| Argentina | 111,252 | 1:384 | 37 |
| Peru | 105,125 | 1:302 | 41 |
| Cuba | 83,410 | 1:138 | 18 |
| Ecuador | 57,304 | 1:278 | 30 |
| Puerto Rico | 56,574 | 1:63 | 11 |
| Nicaragua | 47,197 | 1:128 | 21 |
| Costa Rica | 44,802 | 1:107 | 17 |
| Bolivia | 43,515 | 1:244 | 37 |
| El Salvador | 40,060 | 1:158 | 30 |
| Panama | 36,555 | 1:107 | 10 |
| Honduras | 28,028 | 1:315 | 68 |
| Dominican Republic | 19,759 | 1:528 | 95 |
| Brazil | 14,260 | 1:15,012 | 785 |
| Uruguay | 12,397 | 1:277 | 29 |
| Paraguay | 10,270 | 1:705 | 176 |
| Canada | 2,506 | 1:14,703 | 2,156 |
| France | 963 | 1:68,975 | 9,582 |
| Italy | 850 | 1:71,949 | 12,695 |
| England | 762 | 1:73,121 | 8,342 |
| Australia | 737 | 1:36,629 | 4,803 |
| Germany | 717 | 1:112,281 | 13,831 |
| Belize | 649 | 1:548 | 106 |
| Belgium | 384 | 1:29,939 | 4,847 |
| Russia | 381 | 1:378,276 | 36,911 |
| Thailand | 368 | 1:191,952 | 31,671 |
| Switzerland | 356 | 1:23,070 | 3,651 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Netherlands | 273 | 1:61,858 | 10,635 |
| Portugal | 255 | 1:40,856 | 2,413 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 224 | 1:6,089 | 940 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Jamaica | 171 | 1:16,783 | 1,554 |
| Bahrain | 162 | 1:8,325 | 1,494 |
| Taiwan | 160 | 1:146,530 | 1,309 |
| Sweden | 158 | 1:62,321 | 4,772 |
| Japan | 128 | 1:998,784 | 20,070 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 124 | 1:890 | 128 |
| New Zealand | 120 | 1:37,736 | 6,411 |
| Austria | 81 | 1:105,129 | 15,053 |
| Malaysia | 74 | 1:398,571 | 20,802 |
| Norway | 73 | 1:70,442 | 9,915 |
| Ireland | 72 | 1:65,402 | 4,223 |
| Aruba | 65 | 1:1,592 | 225 |
| Israel | 64 | 1:133,713 | 14,383 |
| United Arab Emirates | 58 | 1:157,970 | 11,714 |
| Andorra | 56 | 1:1,497 | 260 |
| Guam | 45 | 1:3,558 | 455 |
| China | 40 | 1:34,183,039 | 1,815 |
| Brunei | 37 | 1:11,317 | 1,397 |
| Belarus | 35 | 1:271,459 | 31,360 |
| Greece | 34 | 1:325,876 | 46,418 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Kazakhstan | 33 | 1:535,833 | 38,572 |
| Denmark | 30 | 1:188,157 | 15,676 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Curaçao | 28 | 1:5,616 | 151 |
| Hong Kong | 28 | 1:261,982 | 3,060 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Czechia | 27 | 1:393,832 | 45,478 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:243,355 | 12,191 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 19 | 1:2,873 | 305 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 1:1,786,288 | 13,520 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Iceland | 17 | 1:22,358 | 1,772 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Senegal | 15 | 1:971,956 | 3,098 |
| Cayman Islands | 14 | 1:4,564 | 572 |
| Haiti | 14 | 1:763,136 | 11,139 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Bulgaria | 12 | 1:581,575 | 24,486 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Cyprus | 7 | 1:126,411 | 8,331 |
| Egypt | 7 | 1:13,133,679 | 62,289 |
| Macau | 7 | 1:85,947 | 463 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Grenada | 4 | 1:27,134 | 1,180 |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 1:12,955 | 1,460 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Mongolia | 3 | 1:941,763 | 16,932 |
| Mozambique | 3 | 1:9,087,190 | 7,315 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 1:48,773,131 | 29,601 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Micronesia | 2 | 1:53,122 | 1,264 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Ossetia | 1 | 1:53,432 | 1,287 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 760 | 1:66,077 | 7,189 |
The alternate forms: Moralès (6), Moráles (5), Moralés (1) & Mörales (1) are calculated separately.
Morales (3,438) may also be a first name.
Morales Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The son of Moral (right and proper); one who came from Morales (mulberry tree), the name of two towns in Spain.
The plural of the Spanish "moral" - a blackberry tree. A town in east Guatemala.
Very common and ancient patronymic - son of Moral. Found as name of villages near Calahorra, Osma, Valladolid, Astorga, and Zamora.
See Moreira.
User-submitted Reference
This unusual and interesting surname is of Spanish origin, and is a topographical name for someone who lived by a blackberry or mulberry bush. The derivation is from the Spanish "mora", mulberry, blackberry, from the Latin "morum".
- David Ortiz De La TorreA Portuguese name that probably comes from the Spanish Morales.
- mfariacastroMorales Demographics
Average Morales Salary in
United States
$35,666 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Morales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morales Come From? nationality or country of origin
Morales (Arabic: مورالس, Russian: Моралес) is found in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Moralès, Moráles, Moralés or Mörales. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Morales? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 170th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,322 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Morales are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 36 percent are found in Hispano-North America. Morales is also the 121,304th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 3,438 people.
Morales is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is borne by 1,128,242 people, or 1 in 110. In Mexico it is most prevalent in: México, where 13 percent live, Veracruz, where 10 percent live and Chiapas, where 9 percent live. Apart from Mexico this surname exists in 174 countries. It also occurs in Guatemala, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Morales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Morales has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 32,668 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 25,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Morales Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Morales last name is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Sunni (33%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Morales last name are 42.37% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.6% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Morales earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 44.44% less than the national average, earning €16,684 per year; in Norway they earn 14.08% less than the national average, earning 297,352 kr per year; in Peru they earn 0.61% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,267 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.75% more than the national average, earning $22,873,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.34% less than the national average, earning $35,666 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.02% less than the national average, earning $45,204 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Morales Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Morales in the Russian language | ||
| Моралес | morales | - |
| Morales in the Arabic language | ||
| مورالس | mwrals | - |
| موراليس | mwralys | - |
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Morales Reference & Research
Morales DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Morales FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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