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Morel (surname)

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Morel is a French surname meaning “dark”.[1] It is also a Jewish surname most likely deriving from “Samuel”.[2]

Geographical distribution

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As of 2014, 51.3% of all known bearers of the surname Morel were residents of France (frequency 1:719), 13.1% of Paraguay (1:306), 11.5% of the Dominican Republic (1:505), 7.4% of Argentina (1:3,188), 4.4% of the United States (1:45,440), 2.4% of Canada (1:8,346), 1.3% of Switzerland (1:3,389), 1.1% of Brazil (1:102,307) and 1.1% of Honduras (1:4,484).

In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:719) in the following regions:

In Paraguay, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:306) in the following departments:[3]

People

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Fictional characters

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  • Claudette Morel, a character in the 2016 online multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=morel
  2. ^ Jarvis, Judith K.; Levin, Susan L.; Yates, Donald N. (10 May 2018). Book of Jewish and Crypto-Jewish Surnames. Panther`s Lodge Publishers. ISBN 978-1-9858-5656-1.
  3. ^ Morel surname distribution