How common is the surname Margulies?

1,181 people in the United States had the surname Margulies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. It ranked 21,972nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Margulies?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Margulies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Margulies?

Julianna Margulies, American actress (born 1966), followed by David Margulies.

Where is the surname Margulies most common?

Wikidata records people named Margulies in the United States.

Is the surname Margulies getting more or less common?

More common. 1,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,181 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Margulies

A Hebrew surname, carried by 1,181 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Margulies is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

Hebrew origin

From the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of Hebrew מרגליות.

One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,181 people named Margulies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,165.

#21,972

rank among US surnames

1,181

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,025)

Who is named Margulies

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

94% of people named Margulies identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marguliess

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julianna Margulies
American actress (born 1966)
David Margulies
American actor (1937–2016)
Donald Margulies
American playwright, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Margolies
Margolyes

Surnames that sound like Margulies

Margulies has the Soundex code M624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M624.

Other Hebrew surnames

All 51 Hebrew surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Margulies come from?: From the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of Hebrew מרגליות.
How common is the surname Margulies?: 1,181 people in the United States had the surname Margulies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. It ranked 21,972nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Margulies?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Margulies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Margulies?: Julianna Margulies, American actress (born 1966), followed by David Margulies.
Where is the surname Margulies most common?: Wikidata records people named Margulies in the United States.
Is the surname Margulies getting more or less common?: More common. 1,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,181 in 2010, up 1.4%.
What are other spellings of Margulies?: Margolies and Margolyes.