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    The surname Murillo

    A surname, carried by 45,558 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M640

    Murillo: #757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Murillo #757, 45,558 people Murillo: #757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Murillo #757, 45,558 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murillo is more common than 99.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 45,558 people named Murillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,777 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,964.

    #757
    rank among US surnames
    45,558
    people in 2010
    15
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.5%
    change since 2000 (was #995)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #748English46,3936,655
    #749Hurst46,2446,676
    #750Woodard46,2406,677
    #751Cortes46,2296,679
    #752Shannon46,1476,690
    #753Kemp46,1466,691
    #754Nolan46,0546,704

    Who is named Murillo

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

    94% of people named Murillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Murillos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Miguel Murillo
      Bolivian footballer, 1898–1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Murillo

    Murillo has the Soundex code M640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Murillo?
    45,558 people in the United States had the surname Murillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,777 Americans. It ranked 757th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Murillo?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Murillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Murillo?
    Miguel Murillo, Bolivian footballer.
    Where is the surname Murillo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Murillo in Bolivia.
    Is the surname Murillo getting more or less common?
    More common. 31,964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 45,558 in 2010, up 43%.