How common is the surname Musgrove?

6,660 people in the United States had the surname Musgrove in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,358 Americans. It ranked 5,237th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Musgrove?

Joe Musgrove, American professional baseball pitcher, followed by Ronnie Musgrove.

Where is the surname Musgrove most common?

Wikidata records people named Musgrove in the United States and New Zealand.

Is the surname Musgrove getting more or less common?

More common. 6,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,660 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Musgrove

A surname, carried by 6,660 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). Musgrove is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Musgrave.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,660 people named Musgrove in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,358 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,554.

#5,237

rank among US surnames

6,660

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,926)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,228	Dombrowski	6,676	46,247
#5,229	Marchese	6,670	46,289
#5,230	Lashley	6,669	46,296
#5,231	Towne	6,666	46,316
#5,232	Laurent	6,665	46,323
#5,234	Greenwald	6,664	46,330
#5,236	Haile	6,663	46,337

Who is named Musgrove

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

81% of people named Musgrove identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Musgroves

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Musgrove
American professional baseball pitcher, born 1992
Ronnie Musgrove
American politician, born 1956
Judith Binney
Australian-born New Zealand writer, academic, historian and educator (1940–2011)

Notable Musgroves come mostly from the United States (2) and New Zealand (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Musgrove

Musgrave

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

Questions

Where does the surname Musgrove come from?: Variant of Musgrave.
How common is the surname Musgrove?: 6,660 people in the United States had the surname Musgrove in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,358 Americans. It ranked 5,237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Musgrove?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Musgrove identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Musgrove?: Joe Musgrove, American professional baseball pitcher, followed by Ronnie Musgrove.
Where is the surname Musgrove most common?: Wikidata records people named Musgrove in the United States and New Zealand.
Is the surname Musgrove getting more or less common?: More common. 6,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,660 in 2010, up 1.6%.