# Missouri (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/missouri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 482 |
| US rank (2010) | 44,576 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 640,551 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (414 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /mɪˈzʊɹi/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a term for the inhabitants of the area around the Missouri River.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Missouri in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 10.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Misra, Miser, McGuire, Moser, McCray, McGraw, Major, Messer, McRae, Maguire, Mosher, Musser.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.