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    The surname Missouri

    A surname, carried by 482 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /mɪˈzʊɹi/ 3 syllables Soundex M260

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Missouri is more common than 72.5% of them.

    Origin

    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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 482 people named Missouri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 640,551 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 414.

    #44,576
    rank among US surnames
    482
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.4%
    change since 2000 (was #48,021)

    Who is named Missouri

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

    84% of people named Missouri identified as Black (not Hispanic), 10.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 84%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Missouri

    Missouri has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Missouri come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Missouri?
    482 people in the United States had the surname Missouri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 640,551 Americans. It ranked 44,576th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Missouri?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Missouri identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Missouri?
    Missouri is /mɪˈzʊɹi/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Missouri getting more or less common?
    More common. 414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 482 in 2010, up 16%.