Last Name MORING

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Meaning	The son of Maurice, from nickname More, and diminutive Mor-in. There was evidently a nickname Mor or More, and the usual diminutives Morin, Morcock, and Morkin were formed from it. The 'g' in Moring is excrescent, as in Jennings.

Origin	English, Dutch, Swedish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	17,799 (2000 US census)	14,536 (1990 US census)

Count	1,450 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.41%, or 1195 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.41%, or 180 total occurrences, as black,
0.9%, or 13 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.83%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.1%, or 16 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.34%, or 34 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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