How common is the surname Murrieta?

2,835 people in the United States had the surname Murrieta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,905 Americans. It ranked 11,160th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Murrieta getting more or less common?

More common. 1,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,835 in 2010, up 44%.

The surname Murrieta

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,835 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murrieta is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Murrieta, itself of Basque origin.

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 2,835 people named Murrieta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,905 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,970.

#11,160

rank among US surnames

2,835

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+43.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,038)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,154	Heyman	2,838	108,790
#11,156	Ranieri	2,837	108,828
#11,158	Stirling	2,836	108,867
#11,160	Helland	2,835	108,905
#11,163	Pittenger	2,834	108,943

Who is named Murrieta

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

94% of people named Murrieta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Murrieta

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Murrieta come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Murrieta, itself of Basque origin.
How common is the surname Murrieta?: 2,835 people in the United States had the surname Murrieta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,905 Americans. It ranked 11,160th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Murrieta?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Murrieta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Murrieta getting more or less common?: More common. 1,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,835 in 2010, up 44%.