Find out how popular the last name Morral is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Morral.

Morral, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Morral surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Morral in America

Morral is the 70208th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Morral surname appeared 279 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Morral.

We can also compare 2010 data for Morral to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Morral

The surname Morral has its origins in Spain, with roots dating back to the 12th century. It is believed to have derived from the Spanish word "morral," which means a small sack or pouch carried by travelers or soldiers. This suggests that the name may have initially been an occupational surname for someone who made or sold these pouches.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Morral can be found in medieval Spanish documents and records. One notable historical reference is in the Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla, a 14th-century manuscript detailing landholdings and taxation in Castile, where the name Morral is mentioned in connection with various villages and towns.

In the 15th century, the name appears in the Cartulario de Valvanera, a collection of documents from the Monastery of Santa María de Valvanera in La Rioja, Spain. This suggests that the Morral family may have had ties to this region during that period.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname Morral was Juan Morral, a Spanish merchant and explorer who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas in 1493. He is believed to have been born in the late 15th century in Seville, Spain.

Another notable figure was Pedro Morral, a Spanish soldier and conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés in the early 16th century. He was born in Écija, Spain, around 1490 and died in Mexico in the 1540s.

In the 17th century, there was a prominent Morral family in the town of Andújar, Jaén, Spain. One member, Francisco Morral y Sánchez (1625-1698), was a respected magistrate and legal scholar who served as a judge in the Royal Chancery of Granada.

Moving to the 18th century, Antonio Morral (1745-1817) was a Spanish military officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He rose to the rank of brigadier general and was awarded several honors for his service.

In the 19th century, José Morral y Rodríguez (1824-1892) was a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as a deputy in the Spanish parliament, representing the province of Cádiz.

While the surname Morral has its roots in Spain, it has since spread to other parts of the world, particularly to Latin American countries, due to Spanish colonization and migration.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Morral

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Morral.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Morral was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Morral has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Morral was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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