A Portuguese and Spanish surname of Morales refers to the son of Moral. The name Moral means right and proper. There can also be reference to a person near a mulberry or blackberry bush.

Others spellings for Morales are de Morales, Moralez, Moral and Moral and Moreira.

In the United States mostly Texas and California have higher numbers of Morales families in their population.

Just in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire are there any with the Morales surname. In England, only the northeastern counties of Northumberland and Durham have Morales families.

Numerous Hispanic countries have the Morales surname as a common family name. In Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and in Spain and Portugal the surname is widespread.

Famous: David Morales (music producer), Erik Morales (boxer from Mexico), Mario Morales (basketball player from Puerto Rico), Ramon V. Morales (president of Honduras), Enrique Martin Morales (singer known as Ricky Martin), Evo Morales (president of Bolivia) and Jacobo Morales (actor from Puerto Rico).