How common is the surname Murch?

1,824 people in the United States had the surname Murch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,268 Americans. It ranked 15,931st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Murch?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Murch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Murch?

Walter Murch, American film editor and sound designer.

Where is the surname Murch most common?

Wikidata records people named Murch in the United States.

Is the surname Murch getting more or less common?

More common. 1,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,824 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Murch

A surname, carried by 1,824 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murch is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,824 people named Murch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,268 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,767.

#15,931

rank among US surnames

1,824

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,269)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,922	Hayter	1,825	169,176
#15,931	Murch	1,824	169,268
#15,938	Allyn	1,823	169,361

Who is named Murch

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

92% of people named Murch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Murchs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Murch
American film editor and sound designer, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Murch

Murch has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Questions

How common is the surname Murch?: 1,824 people in the United States had the surname Murch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,268 Americans. It ranked 15,931st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Murch?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Murch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Murch?: Walter Murch, American film editor and sound designer.
Where is the surname Murch most common?: Wikidata records people named Murch in the United States.
Is the surname Murch getting more or less common?: More common. 1,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,824 in 2010, up 3.2%.