What country does the surname MORAN originate from?

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Surname: Moran
Moran is an Anglicized form of two distinct Gaelic Irish sept names - O'Morain and O'Moghrain of Connacht. The Gaelic prefix 'O' indicates 'male descendant of', plus the personal byname Morain, from 'mor' meaning 'great' or 'large'. The original territory of the O'Morans lay in Elphin, County Galway, and at Ardnaree, County Mayo. Another branch of the sept was located in County Leitrim and a Coat of Arms granted to the Moran family of Ballinamore in this county is described as 'azure on a mount proper two lions combatant or supporting a flagstaff also proper there from a flag argent'. A chief of the sept, known as O'Morain, resided near Ballina in County Mayo. Another, O'Moghrain, was chief of Criffon, County Galway. The Galway sept was a branch of Ui Maine, an ancient population group of mid Galway and South Roscommon. The head of the powerful Roscommon family was seated near Ballintobber. One County Offaly clan, O'Murchain, (the sea-warriors), have Anglicized their name Morahan, Morrin and Moran. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of O'Morain, which was dated 1559 - in the Elizabethan 'Fiants' for Connacht, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth l of England, known as 'Good Queen Bess', 1558 - 1603.

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Moran
Last name origins & meanings:
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Móráin ‘descendant of Mórán’, a personal name meaning ‘great’, ‘large’; the stress is normally on the first syllable.
English: variant of Morant, normally pronounced with the stress on the second syllable.
Spanish (Morán): habitational name from places called Morán in Asturies, Galicia (Pontevedra) and Aragon (Zaragoza).

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good info,but i wanted to know the surname MORAN decended from spain or ireland

Answer 2

Moran is an Irish surname originally found in County Mayo where the family held a seat since ancient times.

The Irish spelling is " Ó Móráin "

the rough translation is "little man"

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i'm Irish

Answer 3

Ireland

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http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/…

Answer 4

The only Morans I've came across were Irish Travellers who lived in Scotland.

Answer 5

A boy in my class is from el salvador and his last name is Moran.

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As
far as I know it's an Irish name. I've known it prunounced as Mor an and Moor ran.

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Ireland.

Answer 8

yeah ireland

Answer 9

I think it maybe Italian.

Answer 10

ithink it might french canadian

Answer 11

The country of Moron