Moran Surname
Approximately 488,060 people bear this surname
Moran Surname Definition:
(Celtic) 1 Sea-Warrior[Irish Murchadh- an-mu(i)r, sea + the aspirated form of cath, war, warrior + the diminutive suff. -án] 2 Big, Tall [Irish (and Gaelic) mór + the pet suff. -án]
Moran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 102,231 | 1:3,545 | 379 |
| Mexico | 61,842 | 1:2,007 | 286 |
| Ecuador | 42,011 | 1:379 | 49 |
| India | 40,382 | 1:18,995 | 1,479 |
| Guatemala | 24,247 | 1:663 | 120 |
| Venezuela | 21,433 | 1:1,409 | 251 |
| Peru | 21,174 | 1:1,501 | 242 |
| El Salvador | 20,727 | 1:306 | 63 |
| Spain | 20,176 | 1:2,317 | 276 |
| Argentina | 19,099 | 1:2,238 | 290 |
| England | 17,836 | 1:3,124 | 415 |
| Panama | 13,727 | 1:285 | 54 |
| Ireland | 13,350 | 1:353 | 46 |
| Australia | 9,092 | 1:2,969 | 407 |
| Nicaragua | 6,990 | 1:861 | 181 |
| Philippines | 6,982 | 1:14,500 | 1,576 |
| Honduras | 6,835 | 1:1,290 | 258 |
| Colombia | 6,382 | 1:7,486 | 932 |
| Chile | 4,870 | 1:3,617 | 531 |
| Canada | 4,605 | 1:8,001 | 1,181 |
| Paraguay | 3,810 | 1:1,899 | 293 |
| Dominican Republic | 2,172 | 1:4,803 | 514 |
| Cuba | 2,137 | 1:5,392 | 611 |
| Scotland | 2,084 | 1:2,569 | 477 |
| Turkey | 1,467 | 1:53,048 | 5,220 |
| Pakistan | 1,405 | 1:127,149 | 3,666 |
| New Zealand | 922 | 1:4,911 | 790 |
| Northern Ireland | 914 | 1:2,019 | 411 |
| Uruguay | 908 | 1:3,779 | 441 |
| France | 885 | 1:75,054 | 10,529 |
| Israel | 873 | 1:9,803 | 1,496 |
| Brazil | 718 | 1:298,154 | 11,485 |
| Puerto Rico | 582 | 1:6,100 | 383 |
| Wales | 508 | 1:6,092 | 684 |
| Thailand | 503 | 1:140,434 | 21,898 |
| South Africa | 393 | 1:137,857 | 15,925 |
| Bolivia | 365 | 1:29,086 | 2,012 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Haiti | 301 | 1:35,495 | 2,419 |
| Costa Rica | 262 | 1:18,245 | 668 |
| Germany | 198 | 1:406,593 | 37,350 |
| Russia | 145 | 1:993,952 | 76,823 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Papua New Guinea | 109 | 1:74,805 | 9,807 |
| Netherlands | 99 | 1:170,578 | 24,763 |
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
| Belgium | 97 | 1:118,522 | 17,481 |
| Austria | 88 | 1:96,766 | 14,085 |
| Italy | 86 | 1:711,124 | 60,287 |
| Japan | 82 | 1:1,559,077 | 24,802 |
| Taiwan | 79 | 1:296,769 | 2,416 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| Malaysia | 64 | 1:460,847 | 23,445 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Switzerland | 62 | 1:132,466 | 13,073 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Belize | 48 | 1:7,406 | 1,111 |
| Iran | 47 | 1:1,633,671 | 62,881 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Jamaica | 46 | 1:62,390 | 3,274 |
| Malta | 42 | 1:10,245 | 640 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Czechia | 35 | 1:303,813 | 38,544 |
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Afghanistan | 26 | 1:1,236,661 | 10,825 |
| China | 25 | 1:54,692,863 | 2,965 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Lebanon | 24 | 1:234,878 | 9,056 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Isle of Man | 21 | 1:4,087 | 875 |
| Jersey | 20 | 1:4,960 | 981 |
| Hong Kong | 19 | 1:386,078 | 3,192 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Bermuda | 17 | 1:3,840 | 587 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 16 | 1:6,898 | 1,043 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 15 | 1:90,932 | 6,341 |
| Ukraine | 15 | 1:3,034,846 | 176,305 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Slovenia | 13 | 1:191,360 | 15,039 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Micronesia | 2 | 1:53,122 | 1,264 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10,675 | 1:415 | 47 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,897 | 1:4,978 | 753 |
| Scotland | 530 | 1:7,063 | 1,005 |
| Wales | 64 | 1:24,507 | 1,407 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,267 | 1:2,606 | 284 |
The alternate forms: Morán (1,724), Moràn (54) & Morań (1) are calculated separately.
Moran (20,270) may also be a first name.
Moran Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) 1 Sea-Warrior[Irish Murchadh- an-mu(i)r, sea + the aspirated form of cath, war, warrior + the diminutive suff. -án] 2 Big, Tall [Irish (and Gaelic) mór + the pet suff. -án]
Ó Móráin A sept of the Uí Fiachrach: alternatively Ó Mughróin or Ó Moghráin of the Silmurray in Co. Roscommon and a branch of the Uí Maine. Bibl; IF 228; MIF 269; Map Gal and Mayo; Plate XXI
(Irish) Grandson of Moran (little great man); grandson of Mughron (slave seal).
A multitude. Moran, a contraction of Morgan, which signifies of or belonging to the sea.
1. A Celtic name. 2. For Morin. See Mooring.
Moran Demographics
Moran Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Moran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moran Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moran (Arabic: موران, Bengali: মরন, Hindi: मोरन, Marathi: मोरन, Oriya: େମାରାନ, Russian: Моран) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Morán, Moràn or Morań. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moran? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,098th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 14,932 people. Moran occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Moran reside; 35 percent reside in North America and 22 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 37,428th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 20,270 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 102,231 people, or 1 in 3,545. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 14 percent reside, New York, where 10 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 159 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 13 percent reside and Ecuador, where 9 percent reside.
Moran Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Moran has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Moran last name increased 531 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 364 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 125 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 393 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 794 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moran Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (98%) in Ireland, Orthodox (69%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Melkite Greek Catholic (88%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Moran surname are 3.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.12% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Moran earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 76.62% less than the national average, earning €7,020 per year; in Norway they earn 29.92% less than the national average, earning 242,547 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1.06% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,591 per year; in South Africa they earn 97.75% more than the national average, earning R 469,932 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.28% less than the national average, earning $19,688,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.06% more than the national average, earning $44,901 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.24% more than the national average, earning $52,783 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moran in the Hindi language | ||
| मोरन | morana | 53.79 |
| मोरा | mora | 33.33 |
| मोरां | moram | 9.09 |
| मोराँ | moram | 2.27 |
| मोरण | morana | 1.52 |
| Moran in the Bengali language | ||
| মরন | marana | 50 |
| মোরন | morana | 50 |
| Moran in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरन | morana | 43.86 |
| मोरण | morana | 21.05 |
| मोरं | moram | 17.54 |
| मोरान | morana | 10.53 |
| मोहन | mohana | 3.51 |
| मॉरन | morana | 1.75 |
| मीरान | mirana | 1.75 |
| Moran in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାରାନ | emarana | 40 |
| ମରାନ | marana | 20 |
| େମାରନ୍ | emaran | 20 |
| େମାରନ | emarana | 20 |
| Moran in the Russian language | ||
| Моран | moran | - |
| Moran in the Arabic language | ||
| موران | mwran | - |
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