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    The surname Mucha

    A Czech surname, carried by 2,563 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

    Mucha: #12,156 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mucha #12,156, 2,563 people Mucha: #12,156 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mucha #12,156, 2,563 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mucha is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    From Czech Mucha, Polish Mucha, or Slovak Mucha, from Proto-Slavic *muxa (“fly”).

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,563 people named Mucha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,619.

    #12,156
    rank among US surnames
    2,563
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,120)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,148Rosato2,565120,369
    #12,153Buff2,564120,416
    #12,156Noack2,563120,463
    #12,164Lustig2,562120,510

    Who is named Mucha

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

    93% of people named Mucha identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Mucha

    Mucha has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mucha come from?
    From Czech Mucha, Polish Mucha, or Slovak Mucha, from Proto-Slavic *muxa (“fly”).
    How common is the surname Mucha?
    2,563 people in the United States had the surname Mucha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. It ranked 12,156th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mucha?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mucha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mucha getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,563 in 2010, down 2.1%.
    What are other spellings of Mucha?
    Muha and Mukha.