Moreno Surname
Approximately 2,301,110 people bear this surname
Moreno Surname Definition:
An adjective formed from the Spanish "mora" - blackberry. Hence "someone of a dark color."
Popular surname well known in France, and brought to Spain by Romans. Common in Santander, La Rioja, Aragon, Castile, Estremadura, and Andalusia.
Read More About This SurnameMoreno Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 652,549 | 1:190 | 24 |
| Colombia | 343,671 | 1:139 | 15 |
| Spain | 333,583 | 1:140 | 15 |
| Venezuela | 188,140 | 1:161 | 19 |
| United States | 171,625 | 1:2,112 | 205 |
| Argentina | 108,439 | 1:394 | 39 |
| Brazil | 61,546 | 1:3,478 | 300 |
| Peru | 58,713 | 1:541 | 75 |
| Philippines | 57,008 | 1:1,776 | 113 |
| Chile | 41,595 | 1:424 | 84 |
| Cuba | 40,630 | 1:284 | 44 |
| Ecuador | 40,476 | 1:393 | 51 |
| Panama | 33,230 | 1:118 | 12 |
| Nicaragua | 25,090 | 1:240 | 45 |
| Dominican Republic | 21,916 | 1:476 | 86 |
| Honduras | 21,790 | 1:405 | 97 |
| Bolivia | 20,140 | 1:527 | 107 |
| El Salvador | 16,239 | 1:391 | 80 |
| France | 11,917 | 1:5,574 | 462 |
| Paraguay | 10,524 | 1:688 | 173 |
| Guatemala | 9,546 | 1:1,685 | 288 |
| Costa Rica | 5,059 | 1:945 | 196 |
| Uruguay | 4,997 | 1:687 | 75 |
| Portugal | 3,708 | 1:2,810 | 369 |
| Cape Verde | 2,816 | 1:188 | 48 |
| Canada | 1,585 | 1:23,246 | 3,165 |
| Italy | 1,549 | 1:39,481 | 7,100 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,272 | 1:24,258 | 3,358 |
| England | 1,165 | 1:47,827 | 5,995 |
| Morocco | 1,091 | 1:31,600 | 5,064 |
| Puerto Rico | 930 | 1:3,817 | 297 |
| Germany | 925 | 1:87,033 | 10,975 |
| Belgium | 808 | 1:14,229 | 2,158 |
| Israel | 766 | 1:11,172 | 1,705 |
| Australia | 702 | 1:38,455 | 4,999 |
| Switzerland | 515 | 1:15,947 | 2,611 |
| Thailand | 484 | 1:145,947 | 22,948 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 391 | 1:454 | 90 |
| Netherlands | 360 | 1:46,909 | 7,995 |
| Andorra | 358 | 1:234 | 27 |
| Belize | 342 | 1:1,039 | 239 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 299 | 1:4,562 | 745 |
| Russia | 218 | 1:661,115 | 57,022 |
| Indonesia | 201 | 1:657,956 | 51,506 |
| Gibraltar | 168 | 1:202 | 10 |
| Taiwan | 143 | 1:163,949 | 1,445 |
| Sweden | 123 | 1:80,055 | 5,952 |
| Japan | 118 | 1:1,083,426 | 20,860 |
| Ireland | 88 | 1:53,511 | 3,767 |
| Denmark | 88 | 1:64,144 | 6,446 |
| Aruba | 74 | 1:1,398 | 191 |
| South Africa | 74 | 1:732,131 | 51,520 |
| Norway | 68 | 1:75,622 | 10,585 |
| Greece | 56 | 1:197,853 | 31,389 |
| New Zealand | 53 | 1:85,440 | 12,123 |
| Wales | 48 | 1:64,469 | 5,713 |
| Angola | 46 | 1:586,722 | 2,645 |
| French Polynesia | 43 | 1:6,530 | 1,442 |
| Iceland | 42 | 1:9,050 | 891 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| China | 40 | 1:34,183,039 | 1,815 |
| Turkey | 40 | 1:1,945,536 | 68,232 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Scotland | 37 | 1:144,698 | 8,671 |
| Hungary | 35 | 1:280,465 | 21,617 |
| Suriname | 32 | 1:17,269 | 4,028 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| Guam | 29 | 1:5,521 | 755 |
| Curaçao | 28 | 1:5,616 | 151 |
| Finland | 28 | 1:196,311 | 16,703 |
| Belarus | 23 | 1:413,090 | 41,560 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Lebanon | 23 | 1:245,091 | 9,209 |
| Luxembourg | 23 | 1:25,241 | 4,722 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Hong Kong | 19 | 1:386,078 | 3,192 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Bulgaria | 18 | 1:387,717 | 18,370 |
| United Arab Emirates | 18 | 1:509,015 | 23,390 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Senegal | 17 | 1:857,608 | 2,905 |
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Mozambique | 13 | 1:2,097,044 | 2,931 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Algeria | 12 | 1:3,219,296 | 45,820 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Monaco | 12 | 1:3,089 | 236 |
| South Korea | 11 | 1:4,658,205 | 839 |
| Vietnam | 10 | 1:9,264,605 | 2,710 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Haiti | 8 | 1:1,335,488 | 14,216 |
| Greenland | 7 | 1:8,054 | 710 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1:36,939,785 | 260,488 |
| Faroe Islands | 2 | 1:24,499 | 1,578 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Laos | 2 | 1:3,294,162 | 1,900 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 1:25,968,992 | 2,110 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 667 | 1:75,290 | 8,022 |
The alternate forms: Moréno (15) & Morêno (5) are calculated separately.
Moreno (33,604) may also be a first name.
Moreno Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An adjective formed from the Spanish "mora" - blackberry. Hence "someone of a dark color."
Popular surname well known in France, and brought to Spain by Romans. Common in Santander, La Rioja, Aragon, Castile, Estremadura, and Andalusia. Name of village near Albacete. May be derived from word "murenas" - an eel, or like an eel. Some researchers define name as meaning blackened or brown as in a sunburn.
It could come from the latin "maurus" which could refer to an ethnic group and also to a man who is cruel and unyielding. In Spain "moro" with the suffix "-eno" refers to all Muslims and in a general sense to someone who is not baptized.
Castilian name traced to Roman knight Lucio Murena. Very common in the Peninsula with most ancient branches in Santander, La Rioja, Aragon, Galicia and New Castile.
(Spanish) The dark-complexioned man.
User-submitted Reference
Moreno Ferreira is a branch of a Moreno family that migrated from Galicia (Spain) to the North of Portugal. Augusto César Moreno, one of many brothers, had three daughters. One of them, Amélia, married Luís Setas Ferreira, from the Setas Ferreira family. They had five children: Marieta, Maria Amélia, Marcelo Henrique, Manuel Vicente and Marita Olga, all of them having the Moreno Ferreira family name, as most of their children and grandchildren.
Both the Moreno and Ferreira were of Jewish origin. In Portugal, many Jews were forced to convert to Catholicism and start using Ferreira as family name, following the tradition of naming themselves after their trade and fruit trees.Ferreira means blacksmith in Portuguese; the original word is ferreiro (male), but the family name got to be ferreira (female).
- maritamorenoferreiraMoreno means 'dark-haired', also by extension a person with dark skin.
- qualsevolMoreno Demographics
Average Male Moreno Height
172.64 cm
Average Female Moreno Height
160.36 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Moreno Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moreno Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moreno (Georgian: მორენო, Marathi: मोरेनो, Russian: Морено) is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Moréno or Morêno. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moreno? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moreno is the 228th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,167 people. The surname Moreno is mostly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Moreno live; 38 percent live in South America and 28 percent live in Hispano-North America. It is also the 25,509th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 33,604 people.
The last name Moreno is most common in Mexico, where it is borne by 652,549 people, or 1 in 190. In Mexico it is mostly concentrated in: México, where 12 percent live, Mexico City, where 7 percent live and Guanajuato, where 7 percent live. Barring Mexico this surname is found in 173 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 15 percent live and Spain, where 14 percent live.
Moreno Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Moreno has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 25,731 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 38,833 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Moreno Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Moreno last name is predominantly Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Latin Catholic (64%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Moreno surname are 42.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.35% being registered with the party.
The amount Moreno earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 6.77% more than the national average, earning €32,064 per year; in Norway they earn 4.87% less than the national average, earning 329,234 kr per year; in Peru they earn 2.95% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,814 per year; in South Africa they earn 23.27% less than the national average, earning R 182,340 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.41% more than the national average, earning $23,475,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.08% less than the national average, earning $36,211 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.7% less than the national average, earning $46,354 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moreno Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moreno in the Georgian language | ||
| მორენო | moreno | - |
| Moreno in the Marathi language | ||
| मोरेनो | moreno | - |
| Moreno in the Russian language | ||
| Морено | moreno | - |
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Moreno Reference & Research
Moreno DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Moreno 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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Footnotes
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