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    The surname Muckle

    A German nickname surname, carried by 556 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M240

    Muckle: #39,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Muckle #39,555, 556 people Muckle: #39,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Muckle #39,555, 556 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Muckle is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Two possible origins: * From Middle English muchel (“big”), a nickname for a big man. * Borrowed from German Mückle, a diminutive of Muck.

    Muckle is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 556 people named Muckle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 623.

    #39,555
    rank among US surnames
    556
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -10.8%
    change since 2000 (was #34,399)

    Who is named Muckle

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

    51% of people named Muckle identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Muckle

    Muckle has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Muckle come from?
    Two possible origins: * From Middle English muchel (“big”), a nickname for a big man. * Borrowed from German Mückle, a diminutive of Muck.
    How common is the surname Muckle?
    556 people in the United States had the surname Muckle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. It ranked 39,555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Muckle?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Muckle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Muckle?
    Muckle is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Muckle getting more or less common?
    Less common. 623 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 556 in 2010, down 11%.