How rare is the last name Muir?

11,239 people in the United States have the last name Muir, about 1 in 26,595. It ranks #3,123 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

last name

MUIR

#3,123

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,239
About
1 in 26,595
This common or more
53.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,239 people with the last name Muir, 85.1% reported their origin as White, 5.9% as Black and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Muir

2 other last names also have 11,239 people.

#3,123 Bowie · 11,239#3,123 Forsythe · 11,239

Either side of Muir

#3,123 Bowie · 11,239#3,123 Forsythe · 11,239#3,126 Harlow · 11,238#3,127 Maciel · 11,235

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Muir, most common first.

#12,774 Murr · 2,305#36,342 Muhr · 663#84,785 Mur · 238

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