Moreno Surname

228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,301,110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Panama

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.

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Moreno Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico652,5491:19024
Colombia343,6711:13915
Spain333,5831:14015
Venezuela188,1401:16119
United States171,6251:2,112205
Argentina108,4391:39439
Brazil61,5461:3,478300
Peru58,7131:54175
Philippines57,0081:1,776113
Chile41,5951:42484
Cuba40,6301:28444
Ecuador40,4761:39351
Panama33,2301:11812
Nicaragua25,0901:24045
Dominican Republic21,9161:47686
Honduras21,7901:40597
Bolivia20,1401:527107
El Salvador16,2391:39180
France11,9171:5,574462
Paraguay10,5241:688173
Guatemala9,5461:1,685288
Costa Rica5,0591:945196
Uruguay4,9971:68775
Portugal3,7081:2,810369
Cape Verde2,8161:18848
Canada1,5851:23,2463,165
Italy1,5491:39,4817,100
Saudi Arabia1,2721:24,2583,358
England1,1651:47,8275,995
Morocco1,0911:31,6005,064
Puerto Rico9301:3,817297
Germany9251:87,03310,975
Belgium8081:14,2292,158
Israel7661:11,1721,705
Australia7021:38,4554,999
Switzerland5151:15,9472,611
Thailand4841:145,94722,948
São Tomé and Príncipe3911:45490
Netherlands3601:46,9097,995
Andorra3581:23427
Belize3421:1,039239
Trinidad and Tobago2991:4,562745
Russia2181:661,11557,022
Indonesia2011:657,95651,506
Gibraltar1681:20210
Taiwan1431:163,9491,445
Sweden1231:80,0555,952
Japan1181:1,083,42620,860
Ireland881:53,5113,767
Denmark881:64,1446,446
Aruba741:1,398191
South Africa741:732,13151,520
Norway681:75,62210,585
Greece561:197,85331,389
New Zealand531:85,44012,123
Wales481:64,4695,713
Angola461:586,7222,645
French Polynesia431:6,5301,442
Iceland421:9,050891
India421:18,263,461278,402
Iraq421:833,84911,429
China401:34,183,0391,815
Turkey401:1,945,53668,232
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Scotland371:144,6988,671
Hungary351:280,46521,617
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Poland301:1,266,95880,461
Guam291:5,521755
Curaçao281:5,616151
Finland281:196,31116,703
Belarus231:413,09041,560
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Lebanon231:245,0919,209
Luxembourg231:25,2414,722
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Czechia201:531,67354,411
Hong Kong191:386,0783,192
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
Bulgaria181:387,71718,370
United Arab Emirates181:509,01523,390
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Senegal171:857,6082,905
Guyana161:47,6394,360
Austria151:567,69652,281
Mozambique131:2,097,0442,931
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Algeria121:3,219,29645,820
Kazakhstan121:1,473,54175,349
Monaco121:3,089236
South Korea111:4,658,205839
Vietnam101:9,264,6052,710
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Equatorial Guinea91:126,186322
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Haiti81:1,335,48814,216
Greenland71:8,054710
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Moldova41:890,34246,069
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
DR Congo21:36,939,785260,488
Faroe Islands21:24,4991,578
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Laos21:3,294,1621,900
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Myanmar21:25,968,9922,110
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Comoros11:749,524685
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Macau11:601,6301,582
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Palau11:21,643223
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6671:75,2908,022

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 Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

(Spanish) The dark-complexioned man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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).

- maritamorenoferreira

Moreno means 'dark-haired', also by extension a person with dark skin.

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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) occurs in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Moréno or Morêno. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moreno? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 228th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,167 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Moreno live; 38 percent live in South America and 28 percent live in Hispano-North America. Moreno is also the 25,509th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 33,604 people.

The last name Moreno is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is carried by 652,549 people, or 1 in 190. In Mexico it is mostly concentrated in: México, where 12 percent reside, Mexico City, where 7 percent reside and Guanajuato, where 7 percent reside. Beside Mexico this surname is found in 173 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 15 percent reside and Spain, where 14 percent reside.

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 increased 25,731 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 38,833 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Moreno Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Moreno surname is primarily Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Latin Catholic (64%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Moreno are 42.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.35% 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moréno9415/
Morêno945/
Morenos92282/
Morreno9288/
Morengo9244/
Moreyno9228/
Morenou9226/
Morenoo9220/
Mmoreno9212/
Morenop928/
Morenoi928/
Mooreno927/
Morenoh926/
Morejno925/
Moureno923/
Morenoa923/
Morenoz923/
Morenot923/
Morzeno921/
Moireno921/
Motreno921/
Moreinos8615/
Mourenot861/
Mourenou861/
Moreinot861/
D'Moreno861/
Morenous860/
Morino8319,645/
Morena8317,678/
Mareno831,412/
Moryno834/
Morená831/
Morenhout801/
Marengo7715,816/
Morinot771,224/
Morenas77532/
Mourino77504/
Moriena77397/
Maretno77216/
Marheno77108/
Moringo77101/
Moreana7770/
Moraino7762/
Motrena7760/
Marreno7742/
Moreina7737/
Mareino7731/
Moorena7723/
Morenga7718/
Morisno7717/
Morinos7713/
Marenot776/
Marenoi776/
Moreena775/
Morigno774/
Morenah774/
Morgino774/
Morinop773/
Morgena773/
Morenaz773/
Morrena773/
Mareyno772/
Morinou772/
Marenho772/
Morzena772/
Marenos771/
Morrino771/
Morzino771/
Moirena771/
Marejno771/
Mourena771/
Morynos771/
Morénou771/
Moreyna771/
Marenoa771/
Moorino770/
Motrinot71180/
Morignot7174/
Mourenas7159/
Moureena7157/
Mourinou7133/
Marenhos7110/
Moreynas718/
Moreinas716/
Morenaud713/
Marrengo712/
Moringoy711/
Morrisno711/
Morainot711/
Mouraino711/
Matreano711/
Marrenos711/
Marengou711/
Moriongo711/
Morinhoo711/
Morringo710/
Marino67187,607/
Morina6736,096/
Marena677,012/
Moriño67217/
Moryna67122/
Maryno6743/
Moirignot6714/
Mourzinho673/
Morehenas672/
Morenault672/
Mourinhoj671/
Mahrenhoz670/

Moreno Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Moreno in the Georgian language
მორენოmoreno-
Moreno in the Marathi language
मोरेनोmoreno-
Moreno in the Russian language
Мореноmoreno-

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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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