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Morris Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French
personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, Latin
Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore).
This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it
may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy
complexion.Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis,
a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey).Welsh:
Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Meurig (from Latin
Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by
Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French
form of the name (see 1).German: variant of Moritz.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames
(see Morse).
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Name Distribution of Morris Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Morris families
 1,595 - 3,188  532 - 1,594 |
 1 - 531  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Morris families
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4,837 - 9,672 1,613 - 4,836 |
1 - 1,612 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Morris families
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410 - 818 137 - 409 |
1 - 136 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Morris Family Origin
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