Surname Spotlight: Morón

Sharing the Morón name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

In the records

Official name counts are where our Morón file begins.

Start with the most recent records and work back one generation at a time. Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Morón, so we research it family by family rather than guess. According to the 2010 US Census, the Morón surname had 1,026 bearers. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 85% of the total. Spanish register data show 8,614 residents carrying Morón as first surname, and 8,356 as second surname. Spaniards carry two surnames, one from each parent, which is why Morón is counted in both positions.

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