Muir is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Muir
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Mainly Scottish, English is the Moore place name with a sense of heath wasteland.

How popular is Muir?

Muir is common in United States.

Muir is ranked 9132 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Muir bearers increased by 2.457885 per cent in 2010 US census to 11130 since 2000, the surname slipped by 185 spots and ranked at 3245. The last name was found in around 38 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.31 90.53
Black 5.76 4.83
Hispanic or Latino 3.13 2.08
Others 1.52 1.41
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.83 0.68
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.47
Muir is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 59096 people have been found who wears Muir as their family name. Muir is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
74,531 Czech Republic10
7,646 Japan7
381,097 Ukraine4
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
941 Liberia3
15,749 Finland3
6,266 Luxembourg2
20,837 Venezuela2
24,269 Peru2
18,035 Egypt2
4,367 Afghanistan2
28,083 Romania2
40,064 Nigeria2
1,834 Malta2
20,186 Kenya2
10,858 Tunisia2
13,552 Qatar2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,292 Vietnam1
3,350 Fiji1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
472 Tonga1
17,575 Kuwait1
14,373 Jordan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,057 Isle of Man1
29,595 Iran1
20,172 Hungary1
799 British Virgin Islands1
11,486 Estonia1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
4,249 Cambodia1
3,993 El Salvador1
16,073 Latvia1
8,268 Mauritius1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,179 Swaziland1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,895 South Korea1
10,190 Bahrain1
21,562 Portugal1
58,885 Poland1
66,560 Philippines1
17,768 Pakistan1
11,510 Oman1
2,190 Barbados1
12,741 Ecuador1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,950 Trinidad and Tobago49
95,259 Italy45
37,591 Belgium37
197,587 Indonesia34
3,075 Cyprus34
845 The Bahamas28
595 Jersey28
21,901 Chile27
3,338 Thailand27
378,102 India24
23,914 Denmark20
28,338 Norway20
465 Bermuda19
606 Guernsey18
377,825 Russia17
464 Cayman Islands15
3,343 China13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,494 Panama82
1,548 Guyana75
4,526 Singapore71
1,517 Costa Rica67
14,205 Sweden65
104,075 Brazil64
24,622 Zimbabwe59
3,517 Puerto Rico54
19,965 Switzerland54
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Muir:
20,699 Germany504
902 Wales429
22,942 France429
1,176 Northern Ireland250
1,467 Namibia244
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
23,599 Argentina224
17,404 Mexico209
5,359 United Arab Emirates183
1,581 Hong Kong154
21,591 Spain134
3,083 Botswana125
3,314 Ireland120
12,545 Austria105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Muir:
719 England9,879
384 Australia7,524
70 Scotland7,101
806 Canada6,162
1,173 South Africa5,680
183 New Zealand2,816
310 Jamaica1,392
Countries with ten thousands of Muir:
2,894 United States13,918
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workman John Muir who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 8, 1846 by Cambridge put out from Liverpool. 22 years old Gellespie Muir, Elizabeth Muir (15) Dressmaker, Jane Muir, aged 13, 25 years old Alexr. Muir, Mary Muir (36) Immigrant, Thomas Muir, aged 9, 7 years old John Muir, Margt. Muir (5), and 43 other Muir around 45% of whom were workman while others worked as dressmaker and farmer migrated to US.

Muir Namesakes

  • Máel Muire ingen Cináeda, Kenneth MacAlpin's daughter
  • Eógan mac Muiredaig, Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig's son
  • Indrechtach mac Muiredaig, Muiredach Muillethan's daughter
  • M. M. Pattison Muir, Chemist
  • Jean Muir, Film actress
  • John Henry Muirhead, Philosopher
  • Joseph Muir, Actor
  • Edwin Muir, Poet
  • Mike Muir, Vocalist
  • Diana Muir, Writer

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