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Where Does The Last Name Muirs Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Muirs is found most frequently in Scotland. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muirs? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 4,772,636^th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Muirs occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Muirs reside; 65 percent reside in Northern Europe and 65 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most widespread in Scotland, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 764,831. In Scotland Muirs is most prevalent in: East Dunbartonshire, where 86 percent live and City of Edinburgh, where 14 percent live. Beside Scotland this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 24 percent live and England, where 18 percent live.

Muirs Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Muirs has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the Muirs last name expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it decreased 79 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Muirs Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Muirs last name is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.