Moran Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 5
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 148
Cornwall 7
Cumberland 21
Derbyshire 37
Devon 18
Dorset 4
Durham 236
Essex 26
Gloucestershire 7
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 9
Isle of Man 4
Kent 31
Lancashire 1,801
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 8
London 343
Middlesex 56
Northumberland 120
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 12
Nottinghamshire 42
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 9
Shropshire 26
Suffolk 1
Somerset 11
Surrey 28
Sussex 37
Staffordshire 179
Warwickshire 116
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 22
Yorkshire 634

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 8
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 12
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 56
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Moran Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Moran family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 614
General Labourer 126
Coal Miner 85
Labourer 62
Cotton Weaver 56
Agricultural Labourer 39
Domestic Servant 37
Farm Labourer 34
Cotton Spinner 31
Tailor 30
Dress Maker 29
Dock Labourer 27
Hawker 26
Tailoress 24
General Servant 23
House Keeper 20
General Servant Domestic 20
Laundress 16
Charwoman 14
Bricklayer Labourer 13
Cotton Winder 13
Brick Layer's Labourer 13
Chemical Labourer 12
General Domestic Servant 12
Living On Her Own Means 12

Most Frequent Forenames for Moran

Name Census Frequency
Mary Moran 3,479
John Moran 2,913
Thomas Moran 1,834
James Moran 1,798
William Moran 1,234
Patrick Moran 1,107
Michael Moran 1,034
Margaret Moran 1,021
Catherine Moran 1,011
Bridget Moran 804
Elizabeth Moran 750
Ann Moran 739
Ellen Moran 724
Sarah Moran 550
Annie Moran 523
Edward Moran 503
Joseph Moran 358
Jane Moran 348
Peter Moran 348
Martin Moran 345
Alice Moran 256
George Moran 248
Kate Moran 220
Charles Moran 216
Eliza Moran 216

Moran Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Moran 100% 30,711
2 Morran 83% 1,381
3 Moren 80% 1,322
4 Maron 60% 1,242
5 Marin 60% 789
6 Marion 50% 709
7 Mourn 60% 590
8 Morin 80% 564
9 Marian 67% 528
10 Maran 80% 474
11 Mearne 33% 421
12 Marine 50% 406
13 Morn 80% 400
14 Marn 60% 277
15 Moron 80% 272
16 Moorn 60% 245
17 Marne 40% 205
18 Morne 60% 186
19 Mooran 83% 167
20 Mearn 40% 162
21 Mourne 50% 148
22 Moorin 67% 147
23 Morean 83% 138
24 Maren 60% 127
25 Merone 50% 108
26 Meran 80% 107

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The surname Moran is the most popular version of all its varients

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