Explore the Family Name Morace

The meaning of Morace

1. Altered form of French Moras. 2. Italian (Sicily): from the southern Italian Greek name Morakēs, from medieval Greek Mavrakēs (see Mavrakis). Some characteristic forenames: French Andre.

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How common is the last name Morace in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Morace has seen a considerable increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the name moved up from 39,111th to 33,990th, marking an improvement of 13.09%. The count of people with this surname also increased by 26.23% during this period, jumping from 530 to 669. Furthermore, the proportion of individuals with the Morace surname per 100k people grew by 15%, moving from 0.2 to 0.23.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,111	#33,990	13.09%
Count	530	669	26.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.23	15%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Morace

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of people with the Morace surname identify as White. However, there was a slight decrease in this group from 96.23% in 2000 to 92.68% in 2010. Interestingly, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic showed a significant increase of 146.47%, though their overall representation is still relatively small at 4.19% in 2010. There were no recorded instances of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. The proportion of those identifying as Black or of two or more races remained minimal, but saw changes with a new appearance of Black identity (1.20%) in 2010 and a slight decrease of those identifying with two or more races from 1.13% to 1.05%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.23%	92.68%	-3.69%
Hispanic	1.7%	4.19%	146.47%
Black	0%	1.2%	0%
Two or More Races	1.13%	1.05%	-7.08%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%