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    The surname Muse

    A surname, carried by 12,571 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

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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). Muse is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,571 people named Muse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,560 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,184.

    #2,870
    rank among US surnames
    12,571
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,962)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,867Trammell12,58224,539
    #2,868Guinn12,57724,548
    #2,869Will12,57524,552
    #2,870Muse12,57124,560

    Who is named Muse

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

    58% of people named Muse identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Muses

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Clarence Muse
      American actor and director (1889–1979)
    • Arizona Muse
      American model, born 1988

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Muse

    Muse has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Muse?
    12,571 people in the United States had the surname Muse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,560 Americans. It ranked 2,870th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Muse?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Muse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Muse?
    Clarence Muse, American actor and director (1889–1979), followed by Arizona Muse.
    Where is the surname Muse most common?
    Wikidata records people named Muse in the United States.
    Is the surname Muse getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,571 in 2010, up 12%.