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    The surname Murff

    A surname, carried by 1,273 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M610

    Murff: #20,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Murff #20,758, 1,273 people Murff: #20,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Murff #20,758, 1,273 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murff is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,273 people named Murff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,185.

    #20,758
    rank among US surnames
    1,273
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,744)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,750Sanroman1,274242,343
    #20,758Pintado1,273242,534

    Who is named Murff

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

    57% of people named Murff identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Murff?
    1,273 people in the United States had the surname Murff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. It ranked 20,758th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Murff?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Murff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Murff getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,273 in 2010, up 7.4%.