Morris Family History
- Morris Name Meaning
- English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey). Welsh: Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1). German: variant of Moritz. Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames (see Morse).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 12,035,740 Historical Documents with Morris on Ancestry
- 4,438,464 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,716,895 Census and Voter Lists
- 464,565 Military Records
- 307,814 Immigration Records
- 4,108,002 Member Trees
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Number of Morris families
 4,837 - 9,672  1,613 - 4,836 |
 1 - 1,612  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Morris families
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275 - 547 92 - 274 |
1 - 91 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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