Explore the Family Name Murrillo

The meaning of Murrillo

Spanish: variant of Murillo. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Guadalupe, Jesus, Pedro, Ricardo, Roberto, Ruben, Beatriz, Blanca, Evangelina, Everardo.

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How common is the last name Murrillo in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Murillo has shown a significant increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Murillo was ranked 48,380 and by 2010, it had climbed to 42,790, reflecting an 11.55% rise. The count of individuals with the Murillo surname also increased by 23.41% during this decade, jumping from 410 in 2000 to 506 in 2010. This growing trend is further reflected in the proportion per 100k people, which increased by 13.33%, moving from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.17 ten years later.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,380	#42,790	11.55%
Count	410	506	23.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.17	13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Murrillo

The ethnicity associated with the surname Murillo also shows interesting shifts over the same period as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. The Hispanic identity remains predominant among those carrying the Murillo surname, amounting to 90.73% in 2000 and slightly increasing to 91.30% in 2010. The representation of Black identity also saw growth, rising by 48.63%. However, the representation of the White identity decreased by 22.22%. Interestingly, there was an emergence of the American Indian and Alaskan Native identity, which was not present in 2000 but accounted for 1.19% in 2010. On the other hand, the count of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or as two or more races was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	90.73%	91.3%	0.63%
White	5.85%	4.55%	-22.22%
Black	1.46%	2.17%	48.63%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.19%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.46%	0%	0%