How common is the surname Musgrave?

4,982 people in the United States had the surname Musgrave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,972 Americans. It ranked 6,769th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Musgrave?

Story Musgrave, American physician and NASA astronaut, followed by Richard Musgrave.

Where is the surname Musgrave most common?

Wikidata records people named Musgrave in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Musgrave getting more or less common?

More common. 4,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,982 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Musgrave

An English place surname, carried by 4,982 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M261

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Musgrave is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English mūs (“mouse”) + grāf (“grove”).

Musgrave is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,982 people named Musgrave in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,972 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,970.

#6,769

rank among US surnames

4,982

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,310)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,764	Toms	4,986	61,922
#6,765	Crumpton	4,985	61,935
#6,766	Viveros	4,983	61,960
#6,769	Musgrave	4,982	61,972
#6,771	Bushman	4,981	61,985

Who is named Musgrave

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

92% of people named Musgrave identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Musgraves

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Story Musgrave
American physician and NASA astronaut, born 1935
Richard Musgrave
American economist (1910-2007)
Marilyn Musgrave
American politician, born 1949
Trudi Musgrave
Australian female tennis player, born 1977
Mandy Musgrave
American actress and singer, born 1986

Notable Musgraves come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mosgrove
Musgrove

Surnames that sound like Musgrave

Musgrove

Musgrave has the Soundex code M261, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M261.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Musgrave come from?: From Old English mūs (“mouse”) + grāf (“grove”).
How common is the surname Musgrave?: 4,982 people in the United States had the surname Musgrave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,972 Americans. It ranked 6,769th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Musgrave?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Musgrave identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Musgrave?: Story Musgrave, American physician and NASA astronaut, followed by Richard Musgrave.
Where is the surname Musgrave most common?: Wikidata records people named Musgrave in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Musgrave?: Musgrave is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Musgrave getting more or less common?: More common. 4,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,982 in 2010, up 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Musgrave?: Mosgrove and Musgrove.