Morel is a French surname meaning “dark”.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=morel
Geographical distribution 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: Réunion (1:180) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (1:389) Normandy (1:408) Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:414) Brittany (1:479) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1:582) Hauts-de-France (1:586) French Guiana (1:677)
In Paraguay, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:306) in the following departments:Morel surname distribution Caazapá Department (1:158) Paraguarí Department (1:182) San Pedro Department (1:192) Canindeyú Department (1:249) Amambay Department (1:263)
People Adéodat Compère-Morel, French politician Alfred Morel-Fatio (1850–1924), French hispanist Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio (1810–1871), French painter Bénédict Morel (1809–1873), Austrian-French psychiatrist Brent Morel (born 1987), American major league baseball player Camille de Morel (1547–1611), French poet and writer Carlos Morel (1813–1894), Argentine painter Carlos Morel (born 1987), Argentine footballer Cecilia Morel (born 1954), former First Lady of Chile Charlotte Morel (born 1972), professional French triathlete Christopher Morel (born 1999), Dominican baseball player
Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez, Paraguayan footballer Clément Morel (born 1984), French tennis player Clement or Clemens Morel (fl. 1534–1552), (probably a single) French composer Edmund Dene Morel (1873–1924), Franco-British journalist and politician Edmund Morel (1840–1871), English-born railway engineer Fernando Morel (born 1958), Argentine retired rugby union player François Morel (1926–2018), Canadian composer, pianist, conductor and music educator François Morel (born 1959), French actor and filmmaker François M. M. Morel (born 1944), French-born biogeochemist Gaël Morel (born 1972), French film director Guillaume Morel (1505–1564), French classical scholar Jean Baptiste Morel (1662–1732), Flemish painter Jean-Baptiste Morel (1854–1927), French politician Jérémy Morel (born 1984), French footballer Jorge Morel (1931–2021), Argentine classical guitarist and composer Juan Morel Campos (1857–1896), Puerto Rican composer
Lely Morel (1909–2013), Argentine film actress Léonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820–1888), French goldsmith and sculptor Louis Saint Ange Morel, chevalier de la Colombe (1755–1825), French soldier Manuel Armoa Morel (born 2002), Argentine volleyball player Margaret Morel (1958–2019), Seychellois middle-distance runner Marie-Rose Morel (1972–2011), Belgian politician Martín Morel (born 1980), Argentine retired footballer Olivier Morel de La Durantaye (1640–1716), colonial officer in New France Pierre Morel (born 1964), French cinematographer and film director Richard Morel (fl. 1995– ), American singer, songwriter, remixer and record producer Salomon Morel (1919–2007), Polish-Jewish commander of the Zgoda concentration camp in Świętochłowice Sophie Morel (born 1979), French mathematician Sylvie Morel (born 1956), Canadian wheelchair fencer Thierry Morel, French art historian and curator Tom Morel (1915–1944), French Resistance Fighter Yoryi Morel (1906–1979), painter from the Dominican Republic
Fictional characters Morel, a character in the 1940 novel The Invention of Morel Claudette Morel, a character in the 2016 online multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight
See also Morell (name)
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