Explore the Family Name Mussman

The meaning of Mussman

Americanized form of German Mussmann: from Middle Low German mūs ‘mouse’ + man ‘man’, either a nickname for someone thought to resemble a mouse, or an occupational name for a mouse catcher.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Mussman has seen a significant decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 30,614th and by 2010, it had dropped to rank 39,773, representing a 29.92% decrease. The count of individuals carrying the Mussman name also fell from 719 to 552 during that decade, marking a 23.23% reduction. The proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 29.63%, going from 0.27 to 0.19.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,614	#39,773	-29.92%
Count	719	552	-23.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.19	-29.63%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mussman

The Decennial U.S. Census data also provides insights into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Mussman. Between 2000 and 2010, there were notable changes in the ethnicity distribution. Individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic with this surname disappeared completely by 2010, compared to 0.83% and 0.70% respectively in 2000. However, the percentage of people with this surname identifying with two or more ethnicities rose by 30.93%, from 0.97% to 1.27%. The predominance of White individuals bearing the Mussman surname remained almost unchanged, with a slight decrease of 0.27% from 97.36% in 2000 to 97.10% in 2010. There were no Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals identified with this surname in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.36%	97.1%	-0.27%
Two or More Races	0.97%	1.27%	30.93%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.83%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0.7%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%