How common is the surname Musil?

1,316 people in the United States had the surname Musil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,609 Americans. It ranked 20,232nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Musil?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Musil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Musil?

Robert Musil, Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942).

Where is the surname Musil most common?

Wikidata records people named Musil in Austria.

Is the surname Musil getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,316 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Musil

A surname, carried by 1,316 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Musil is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,316 people named Musil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,609 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,317.

#20,232

rank among US surnames

1,316

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #19,107)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,227	Falter	1,317	234,431
#20,232	Musil	1,316	234,609
#20,239	Arista	1,315	234,787

Who is named Musil

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

96% of people named Musil identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Musils

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Musil
Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Musil

Musial

Musil has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

Questions

How common is the surname Musil?: 1,316 people in the United States had the surname Musil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,609 Americans. It ranked 20,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Musil?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Musil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Musil?: Robert Musil, Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942).
Where is the surname Musil most common?: Wikidata records people named Musil in Austria.
Is the surname Musil getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,316 in 2010, down 0.1%.