How common is the surname Muck?

1,808 people in the United States had the surname Muck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,766 Americans. It ranked 16,041st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Muck getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,808 in 2010, down 13%.

The surname Muck

A surname, carried by 1,808 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Muck is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, from Mücke (“mosquito”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,808 people named Muck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,766 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,078.

#16,041

rank among US surnames

1,808

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-13%

change since 2000 (was #13,434)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,041	Bark	1,808	170,766
#16,049	Fritsche	1,807	170,861

Who is named Muck

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

91% of people named Muck identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Muck

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

Questions

Where does the surname Muck come from?: From the German surname, from Mücke (“mosquito”).
How common is the surname Muck?: 1,808 people in the United States had the surname Muck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,766 Americans. It ranked 16,041st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Muck?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Muck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Muck getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,808 in 2010, down 13%.