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    The surname Magruder

    A surname, carried by 3,119 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M263

    Magruder: #10,331 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Magruder #10,331, 3,119 people Magruder: #10,331 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Magruder #10,331, 3,119 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Magruder is more common than 93.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,119 people named Magruder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,989 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,104.

    #10,331
    rank among US surnames
    3,119
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,608)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,324Joo3,12198,925
    #10,326Wegener3,12098,957
    #10,331Magruder3,11998,989
    #10,332Hauer3,11899,020
    #10,334Cheshire3,11799,052
    #10,337Madson3,11699,084
    #10,339Leroux3,11599,116

    Who is named Magruder

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    83% of people named Magruder identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Magruders

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Allan B. Magruder
      American politician (1775-1822)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Magruder

    Magruder has the Soundex code M263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M263.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Magruder?
    3,119 people in the United States had the surname Magruder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,989 Americans. It ranked 10,331st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Magruder?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Magruder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Magruder?
    Allan B. Magruder, American politician (1775-1822).
    Where is the surname Magruder most common?
    Wikidata records people named Magruder in the United States.
    Is the surname Magruder getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,119 in 2010, up 0.5%.