How common is the surname Mudge?

2,421 people in the United States had the surname Mudge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,528 Americans. It ranked 12,745th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mudge?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mudge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mudge?

John Mudge, British doctor, followed by Benjamin Franklin Mudge.

Where is the surname Mudge most common?

Wikidata records people named Mudge in England and the United States.

Is the surname Mudge getting more or less common?

More common. 2,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,421 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Mudge

A surname, carried by 2,421 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mudge is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,421 people named Mudge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,528 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,418.

#12,745

rank among US surnames

2,421

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,859)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,740	Bracamonte	2,423	127,423
#12,744	Fuerte	2,422	127,475
#12,745	Mudge	2,421	127,528
#12,752	DeGraw	2,420	127,581

Who is named Mudge

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

95% of people named Mudge identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mudges

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Mudge
British doctor, 1721–1793
Benjamin Franklin Mudge
American geologist, paleontologist, teacher, lawyer, chemist (1817-1879)

Notable Mudges come mostly from England (1) and the United States (1).

Questions

How common is the surname Mudge?: 2,421 people in the United States had the surname Mudge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,528 Americans. It ranked 12,745th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mudge?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mudge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mudge?: John Mudge, British doctor, followed by Benjamin Franklin Mudge.
Where is the surname Mudge most common?: Wikidata records people named Mudge in England and the United States.
Is the surname Mudge getting more or less common?: More common. 2,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,421 in 2010, up 0.1%.