Morrow Surname

5,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99,074 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Morrow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the moor-row,' i.e. the cottages on the moor. Row is a common suffix to early local surnames. Anglo-Saxon raw, a row (Skeat); compare Towndrow. Lower says that Morrow is a corruption of Mac Murrough.

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Morrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States76,1201:4,762526
Canada6,1711:5,971863
Australia4,6561:5,798846
England3,9321:14,1702,092
Northern Ireland2,9951:61691
Scotland1,1541:4,639804
New Zealand9711:4,664747
Egypt7321:125,59510,096
Ireland6371:7,3921,061
South Africa5091:106,43912,833
Philippines1481:684,04270,291
Nigeria1291:1,373,20053,624
Israel1251:68,4618,502
Wales1091:28,3902,914
Tanzania761:696,60040,185
Thailand751:941,845145,864
Argentina641:667,86646,303
Spain401:1,168,80140,601
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Singapore341:161,9916,884
United Arab Emirates341:269,47919,099
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Peru181:1,765,78523,952
Liberia151:293,90216,977
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
France131:5,109,440259,941
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Norway101:514,22941,629
China91:151,924,6187,954
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Malta41:107,5681,849
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Panama41:978,06412,245
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3,2011:1,384265
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7461:32,6754,333
Scotland4431:8,4501,141
Wales301:52,2812,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,5631:3,997494

Morrow (667) may also be a first name.

Morrow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the moor-row,' i.e. the cottages on the moor. Row is a common suffix to early local surnames. Anglo-Saxon raw, a row (Skeat); compare Towndrow. Lower says that Morrow is a corruption of Mac Murrough. This may be true in certain cases, but there is undoubtedly an English surname Morrow also which has to be explained. Neither must it be forgotten that there is a hamlet Morrowe in the parish of Wisbeach, Cumberland.

Willelmus de Morerawe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Marowe, 1379: ibid.

William Marrow, of Leighton Wood, 1591: Wills at Chester.

1567. Married — Umphrey Marrowe and Ellyn Todd: St. Michael, Cornhill.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Celtic) = Murray, q.v.

(English) Dweller at the Moor-Row (of Dwellings) [Old English mór + rǽw] Willelmus de Morerawe.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This, in the homeland of the sept (see Map) where the name MacMorrow is numerous, is Mac Muireadhaigh, formerly anglicized MacMurry. IF 237; SIF 161; Map Leit

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) Dweller in the row of the houses by the moor, i.e., marsh or wasteland.

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

A known corruption of Mac Murrough.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A corruption of Mac Murrough; etymologically connected with the name Murray. The Murrays appear to have settled in the twelfth century in the province of Murref, Moray, or Moravia, comprehending the modem counties of Murray or Elgin, and parts of Inverness and Banff.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

The surname can be derived from Murchadha, a Gaelic name of Irish and Scottish origin, meaning 'sea warrior'. Most sources cite this as the origin of the name Morrow.

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Morrow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Morrow Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Morrow (Arabic: مورو) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Morrow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,709th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 73,557 people. The last name Morrow occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Morrow reside; 83 percent reside in North America and 83 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Morrow is also the 321,321st most commonly used first name globally It is held by 667 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 76,120 people, or 1 in 4,762. In The United States Morrow is primarily found in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and North Carolina, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States Morrow occurs in 95 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Morrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Morrow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Morrow last name expanded 606 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 527 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 260 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 80 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 363 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Morrow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Presbyterian (44%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Morrow last name are 16.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.45% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Morrow earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 33.14% more than the national average, earning 460,769 kr per year; in Peru they earn 11.92% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,075 per year; in South Africa they earn 36.26% more than the national average, earning R 323,808 per year; in United States they earn 3.09% less than the national average, earning $41,817 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.75% more than the national average, earning $51,544 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Morrowa923/
Morroww923/
Morrowe923/
Morrrow922/
Moorrow921/
Morow91178/
Marrow836,195/
Murrow832,042/
Merrow831,742/
Morowa83968/
Morgow8348/
Morowe8332/
Moorow8315/
Mourow836/
Moroow833/
Mosrow833/
Morraw833/
Morrob832/
Moirow831/
Motrow831/
Morzow831/
Moerow830/
Morrof830/
Morrowová801/
Mourowa776/
Murrowa772/
Murrows771/
Marrowe771/
Mourowe771/
Morreuw771/
Morzrov771/
Morrovs771/
Morroff770/
Mottrow770/
Morov73505/
Morof73341/
Moraw73253/
Merow73217/
Marow7357/
Murow7345/
Morob736/
Meerrowf711/
Marowa676,804/
Morova67990/
Morawe67812/
Murowa67642/
Moroff67289/
Moroof67255/
Morzov67171/
Morofe67145/
Morauw67134/
Mehrow6748/
Morouf6746/
Marowe6745/
Moroev6741/
Motrov6731/
Moerov6722/
Mahrow6722/
Meerow6722/
Marrof6718/
Moyrov6716/
Morruf6712/
Morhov6711/
Moroov6710/
Morgov679/
Marraw677/
Marrov675/
Mosrof675/
Murraw674/
Marowf674/
Moraws673/
Maurow673/
Mmorob673/
Merrov672/
Murgow672/
Morgaw672/
Maroow672/
Mourov672/
Mourof672/
Marouw671/
Moreuw671/
Mohrov671/
Muurow671/
Moroiv671/
Morosv671/
Marows670/
Meroow670/
Mutrow670/

Morrow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Morrow in the Arabic language
موروmwrw-

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Morrow Reference & Research

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