How common is the surname Musselwhite?

1,595 people in the United States had the surname Musselwhite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,571 Americans. It ranked 17,613th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Musselwhite?

Charlie Musselwhite, American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader.

Where is the surname Musselwhite most common?

Wikidata records people named Musselwhite in the United States.

Is the surname Musselwhite getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,595 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Musselwhite

An English place surname, carried by 1,595 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M243

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Musselwhite is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Musselwhite 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 1,595 people named Musselwhite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,571 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,596.

#17,613

rank among US surnames

1,595

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,562)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,605	Stahlman	1,596	193,450
#17,613	Hibler	1,595	193,571

Who is named Musselwhite

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

95% of people named Musselwhite identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

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

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Musselwhites

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader, born 1944

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Musselwhite come from?: Unexplained. Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Southern England, from Old English muscle (“mussel”) + wiht (“bend, curve”).
How common is the surname Musselwhite?: 1,595 people in the United States had the surname Musselwhite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,571 Americans. It ranked 17,613th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Musselwhite?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Musselwhite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Musselwhite?: Charlie Musselwhite, American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader.
Where is the surname Musselwhite most common?: Wikidata records people named Musselwhite in the United States.
What type of surname is Musselwhite?: Musselwhite is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Musselwhite getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,595 in 2010, down 0.1%.