The surname Mui
A Chinese surname, carried by 3,752 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M000
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 梅 (mui4). Doublet of Mei.
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,752 people named Mui in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,288 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,376.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8,734 | Gilkey | 3,755 | 82,223 |
| #8,736 | Trevizo | 3,754 | 82,244 |
| #8,741 | Bitner | 3,753 | 82,266 |
| #8,743 | Seabolt | 3,752 | 82,288 |
| #8,746 | Shackleford | 3,751 | 82,310 |
| #8,747 | Stansberry | 3,750 | 82,332 |
| #8,749 | Boutin | 3,749 | 82,354 |
Who is named Mui
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Mui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Mui
Mui has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Mui come from?
- Borrowed from Cantonese 梅 (mui4). Doublet of Mei.
- How common is the surname Mui?
- 3,752 people in the United States had the surname Mui in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,288 Americans. It ranked 8,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mui?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Mui getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,752 in 2010, up 11%.