The surname Murguia
A Spanish surname, carried by 4,141 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M620
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Murguía, Castilianized form of Basque Murgia. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,141 people named Murguia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,558 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,990.
Who is named Murguia
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Murguia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Two or more races 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Murguia has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Murguia come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Murguía, Castilianized form of Basque Murgia. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
- How common is the surname Murguia?
- 4,141 people in the United States had the surname Murguia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,558 Americans. It ranked 7,983rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Murguia?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Murguia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Murguia getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,141 in 2010, up 39%.