# Musselwhite (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/musselwhite/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,595 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,613 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 193,571 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (1,596 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Unexplained. Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Southern England, from Old English muscle (“mussel”) + wiht (“bend, curve”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Musselwhite in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Musselwhite in the United States.

## People named Musselwhite

- Charlie Musselwhite, American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader

## Similar surnames

McLeod, McCloud, Macleod, McGlothlin, McGoldrick, McGlothin, McLoud, McEldowney, McClatchey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.