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    The surname Myrie

    A surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M600

    Myrie: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Myrie #23,019, 1,110 people Myrie: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Myrie #23,019, 1,110 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Myrie is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,110 people named Myrie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 842.

    #23,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,110
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.8%
    change since 2000 (was #27,049)

    Who is named Myrie

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

    83% of people named Myrie identified as Black (not Hispanic), 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Myrie

    Myrie has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Myrie?
    1,110 people in the United States had the surname Myrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Myrie?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Myrie identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Myrie getting more or less common?
    More common. 842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, up 32%.