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    The surname Murata

    A Japanese surname, carried by 1,249 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M630

    Murata: #21,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Murata #21,048, 1,249 people Murata: #21,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Murata #21,048, 1,249 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murata is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    Japanese origin

    Borrowed from Japanese 村田 (Murata).

    One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,249 people named Murata in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,194 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,221.

    #21,048
    rank among US surnames
    1,249
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,270)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,048Zartman1,249247,194
    #21,057Breyer1,248247,392

    Who is named Murata

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

    79% of people named Murata identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as two or more races and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
    • Two or more races 10%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Murata

    Murata has the Soundex code M630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M630.

    Other Japanese surnames

    All 123 Japanese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Murata come from?
    Borrowed from Japanese 村田 (Murata).
    How common is the surname Murata?
    1,249 people in the United States had the surname Murata in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,194 Americans. It ranked 21,048th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Murata?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Murata identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Murata getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,249 in 2010, up 2.3%.