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 5
Berkshire 5
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 258
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 26
Derbyshire 47
Devon 35
Dorset 7
Durham 340
Essex 62
Gloucestershire 19
Hampshire 60
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 1
Kent 24
Lancashire 2,647
Leicestershire 10
Lincolnshire 13
London 376
Middlesex 38
Northumberland 235
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 9
Nottinghamshire 35
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 22
Suffolk 6
Somerset 1
Surrey 43
Sussex 30
Staffordshire 402
Warwickshire 205
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 12
Worcestershire 28
Yorkshire 891

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 6
Glamorgan 113
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Moran Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Moran family

Profession Census Frequency
School 567
Labourer 110
General Labourer 92
Coal Miner Hewer 49
Dock Labourer 46
Farm Labourer 45
At Home 31
None 30
Cotton Weaver 30
Domestic Servant 29
Charwoman 26
Weaver 23
General Servant (domestic) 22
At School 20
Housekeeper 20
Bricklayers Labourer 20
Coal Miner (hewer) 19
Clerk 17
Weaver Cotton 17
Dressmaker 15
Labourer General 15
General Servant Domestic 15
Cook 14
No Occupation 14
Private Means 14

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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