How common is the surname Mustain?

1,241 people in the United States had the surname Mustain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,788 Americans. It ranked 21,157th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mustain?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mustain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mustain getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,241 in 2010, down 1.6%.

The surname Mustain

A surname, carried by 1,241 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mustain is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

Perhaps a variant spelling of Mostyn.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,241 people named Mustain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,788 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,261.

#21,157

rank among US surnames

1,241

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,759)

Who is named Mustain

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

93% of people named Mustain identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Mustain

Mastin

Mustain has the Soundex code M235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M235.

Questions

Where does the surname Mustain come from?: Perhaps a variant spelling of Mostyn.
How common is the surname Mustain?: 1,241 people in the United States had the surname Mustain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,788 Americans. It ranked 21,157th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mustain?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mustain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mustain getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,241 in 2010, down 1.6%.