Explore the Family Name Musleh

The meaning of Musleh

Muslim: from a variant of the Arabic personal name Muslih ‘reformer; peacemaker, conciliator’. Compare Mosleh.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Musleh has significantly increased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Musleh ranked 37,200 in terms of popularity, but by 2010, it had risen to 27,707 - a change of 25.52%. The number of individuals with the Musleh surname also grew during this period, from 564 people in 2000 to 868 in 2010, a surge of 53.9%. As a result, the proportion of people named Musleh per 100,000 increased by 38.1%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,200	#27,707	25.52%
Count	564	868	53.9%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.29	38.1%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Musleh

The ethnicity associated with the surname Musleh shows notable shifts over the same decade, as indicated by the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, most people with this last name identified as White (69.68%), followed by those identifying with two or more races (24.47%) and a small percentage claiming Asian/Pacific Islander ancestry (4.61%). By 2010, the percentage of Muslehs identifying as White rose to 85.83%, while those identifying with two or more races declined to 8.87%. The proportion of Asian/Pacific Islanders also fell to 1.96%. Meanwhile, there was a significant increase in the percentage of Muslehs identifying as Hispanic, from 0.89% in 2000 to 2.88% in 2010. The data for Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native ethnicities remained at zero for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	69.68%	85.83%	23.18%
Two or More Races	24.47%	8.87%	-63.75%
Hispanic	0.89%	2.88%	223.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.61%	1.96%	-57.48%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%