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    The surname Murtaugh

    A surname, carried by 1,433 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈmɝ.tɑ/ 2 syllables Soundex M632

    Murtaugh: #19,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Murtaugh #19,012, 1,433 people Murtaugh: #19,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Murtaugh #19,012, 1,433 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murtaugh is more common than 88.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,433 people named Murtaugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,454 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,431.

    #19,012
    rank among US surnames
    1,433
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,984)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,004Joly1,434215,304
    #19,012McGuffey1,433215,454
    #19,019Whitty1,432215,604

    Who is named Murtaugh

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

    96% of people named Murtaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Murtaugh

    Murtaugh has the Soundex code M632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M632.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Murtaugh?
    1,433 people in the United States had the surname Murtaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,454 Americans. It ranked 19,012th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Murtaugh?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Murtaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Murtaugh?
    Murtaugh is /ˈmɝ.tɑ/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Murtaugh getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,433 in 2010, up 0.1%.