Morel (surname)
Morel is a French surname meaning “dark”.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 51.3% of all known bearers of the surname Morel were residents of France, 13.1% of Paraguay, 11.5% of the Dominican Republic, 7.4% of Argentina, 4.4% of the United States, 2.4% of Canada, 1.3% of Switzerland, 1.1% of Brazil and 1.1% of Honduras.In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions:
- 1. Réunion
- 2. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- 3. Normandy
- 4. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- 5. Brittany
- 6. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- 7. Hauts-de-France
- 8. French Guiana
- 1. Caazapá Department
- 2. Paraguarí Department
- 3. San Pedro Department
- 4. Canindeyú Department
- 5. Amambay Department
People
- Adéodat Compère-Morel, French politician
- Alfred Morel-Fatio, French hispanist
- Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, French painter
- Bénédict Morel, Austrian-French psychiatrist
- Brent Morel, American major league baseball player
- Camille de Morel, French poet and writer
- Carlos Morel, Argentine painter
- Carlos Morel, Argentine footballer
- Cecilia Morel, former First Lady of Chile
- Charlotte Morel, professional French triathlete
- Christopher Morel, Dominican baseball player
- Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez, Paraguayan footballer
- Clément Morel, French tennis player
- Clement or Clemens Morel, French composer
- Edmund Dene Morel, Franco-British journalist and politician
- Edmund Morel, English-born railway engineer
- Fernando Morel, Argentine retired rugby union player
- François Morel, Canadian composer, pianist, conductor and music educator
- François Morel, French actor and filmmaker
- François M. M. Morel, French-born biogeochemist
- Gaël Morel, French film director
- Guillaume Morel, French classical scholar
- Jean Baptiste Morel, Flemish painter
- Jean-Baptiste Morel, French politician
- Jérémy Morel, French footballer
- Jorge Morel, Argentine classical guitarist and composer
- Juan Morel Campos, Puerto Rican composer
- Lely Morel, Argentine film actress
- Léonard Morel-Ladeuil, French goldsmith and sculptor
- Louis Saint Ange Morel, chevalier de la Colombe, French soldier
- Manuel Armoa Morel, Argentine volleyball player
- Margaret Morel, Seychellois middle-distance runner
- Marie-Rose Morel, Belgian politician
- Martín Morel, Argentine retired footballer
- Olivier Morel de La Durantaye, colonial officer in New France
- Pierre Morel, French cinematographer and film director
- Richard Morel, American singer, songwriter, remixer and record producer
- Salomon Morel, Polish-Jewish commander of the Zgoda concentration camp in Świętochłowice
- Sophie Morel, French mathematician
- Sylvie Morel, Canadian wheelchair fencer
- Thierry Morel, French art historian and curator
- Tom Morel, French Resistance Fighter
- Yoryi Morel, painter from the Dominican Republic
Fictional characters
- Claudette Morel, a character in the 2016 online multiplayer horror game ''Dead by Daylight''