# Mujica (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mujica/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,594 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,033 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 119,023 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (1,863 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mujica in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mujica in Argentina.

## People named Mujica

- Manuel Mujica Lainez, Argentine writer (1910–1984)
- Bárbara Mujica, Argentine actress (1944–1990)

## Similar surnames

Mojica, Musick, Music, Macias, Moses, McHugh, Messick, Machuca, McGough, Majewski, Mejias, Makowski.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.