Moralés

surname · Latin script

Moralés is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country, where it is the 14th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From mora (“mulberry”).

  • CRCosta Rica1 in 71(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 98
  • MXMexico≈1 in 110

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Moralés itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mexico (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200,000 people, est.

#121 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames, spellings grouped

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
535 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 71 (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
MoralésLatin(measured from records)
ΜωραληςGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Morales in MX Mexico, US United States, AR Argentina and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)
Derivation of Moralés: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Moralés
  1. Vulgar Latin*mora(inferred from the name graph)via mora
  2. Latinmōrum(inferred from the name graph)via mora

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

From mora (“mulberry”).

Cited for this meaning 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Moralés counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Moralés is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MX Mexico#14≈1,200,000 est.≈1 in 11221KMorales274
US United States#220311,7771 in 1.1K312KMorales535
CO Colombia#25≈270,000 est.≈1 in 199105Morales223
PH Philippines#56≈150,000 est.≈1 in 766—Morales140
AR Argentina#36133,5031 in 341134KMorales144
CL Chile#9≈130,000 est.≈1 in 1541Morales182
CR Costa Rica—71,7781 in 7172K—138
SV El Salvador#28≈40,000 est.≈1 in 16040KMorales88
UY Uruguay—34,6741 in 9835K—98

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); the co-datosgov-candidates register; El Salvador top-100 surnames (surnam.es / RNPN-derived); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Moralés is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname58 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Morales, Mörälës, Mörales, Morales', Mórales

  • Lao surname36 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Morales, Moraless, โมราเลส, Mörälës, มอราเลส

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Moralés under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Moralés mean, and where does it come from?
From mora (“mulberry”). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 3 other sources.
In which country does Moralés have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 million people named Moralés in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled morales.
Where is Moralés most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Moralés is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 71 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Moralés?
In the United States, the national register counted 311,777 people named Moralés in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
How common is Moralés compared with other names?
In Mexico, Moralés is the 14th most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Moralés” — the 14th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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