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    The surname Murrill

    A surname, carried by 1,017 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M640

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murrill is more common than 84.9% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Muriel.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,017 people named Murrill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 942.

    #24,572
    rank among US surnames
    1,017
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #24,807)

    Who is named Murrill

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

    64% of people named Murrill identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Murrill

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Murrill come from?
    Variant of Muriel.
    How common is the surname Murrill?
    1,017 people in the United States had the surname Murrill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Murrill?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Murrill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Murrill getting more or less common?
    More common. 942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 8.0%.