Muse Surname
Approximately 149,064 people bear this surname
Muse Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller near the hawk’s cage; dweller at a mew, i.e., a range of stables, with coach houses, around an open space.
Read More About This SurnameMuse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 102,833 | 1:131 | 21 |
| United States | 15,964 | 1:22,705 | 2,849 |
| Ethiopia | 14,649 | 1:6,659 | 1,057 |
| Kenya | 5,718 | 1:8,076 | 1,061 |
| Somaliland | 2,608 | 1:1,342 | 166 |
| Nigeria | 1,373 | 1:129,019 | 8,419 |
| England | 613 | 1:90,894 | 9,798 |
| Djibouti | 574 | 1:1,594 | 166 |
| India | 404 | 1:1,898,677 | 66,232 |
| Uganda | 384 | 1:101,665 | 10,175 |
| DR Congo | 369 | 1:200,216 | 19,970 |
| Colombia | 354 | 1:134,955 | 4,168 |
| South Africa | 343 | 1:157,952 | 17,788 |
| Sweden | 307 | 1:32,074 | 2,618 |
| Argentina | 269 | 1:158,897 | 13,379 |
| France | 242 | 1:274,474 | 42,205 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Papua New Guinea | 195 | 1:41,814 | 5,091 |
| Canada | 170 | 1:216,739 | 20,919 |
| Indonesia | 169 | 1:782,540 | 59,655 |
| Zimbabwe | 162 | 1:95,298 | 13,521 |
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| Uruguay | 100 | 1:34,318 | 3,985 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Thailand | 83 | 1:851,064 | 135,450 |
| Norway | 75 | 1:68,564 | 9,650 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Australia | 51 | 1:529,327 | 39,816 |
| Netherlands | 47 | 1:359,302 | 39,900 |
| Chile | 44 | 1:400,374 | 10,831 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 182 | 1:133,931 | 12,317 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,373 | 1:21,163 | 2,660 |
The alternate forms: Muše (242) & Musé (11) are calculated separately.
Muse (47,516) may also be a first name.
Muse Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller near the hawk’s cage; dweller at a mew, i.e., a range of stables, with coach houses, around an open space.
Roger Muse occurs in the Norman Exchequer Rolls 1198-1203; and Godfridus de la Mosca held a fief from Philip Augustus of the honour of Malherbe (Mém. Soc. Ant Nor. v. 176). In England, Isabel Mus is found in the Hundred Rolls, about 1272; John le Mous, or Mows, of Wiltshire, in Palgrave’s Parliamentary Writs 1307-25, and Roger Mus, and John de Muse, Essex, circa 1272. - Rotuli Hundredorum. In 1309, Thomas Mus de Arkilgarth, chaplain, was, with several others, prosecuted by Eve de Faggardgill of Arkilgarth in Richmond shire, for the murder of her husband. - Harrison's Yorkshire. William Peverel of Dover’s charter to Shrewsbury Abbey is witnessed by William de Musca. - Mon. Angli. Another William de Musca (or the same?) held half a knight’s fee of William de Ros in Northamptonshire. - Testa de Nevill. One of the persecuted Templars in 1309 was Brother Philip de Mewes, who, “being advised and earnestly exhorted to abandon his religious profession, replied that he would rather die than do so.” - Addison's Knight Templars.
Muse: The name does not occur in England till the end of the twelfth century. It is probably a nickname from an expression used in hunting.
User-submitted Reference
French: nickname for a dissolute person, from Old French, muse, meaning 'amusement', or 'dissipation'.
- hogwartsstudent394Muse Demographics
Average Male Muse Height
176.75 cm
Average Female Muse Height
163.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Muse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muse (Georgian: მუსე, Hindi: मूसे, Marathi: मुसे, Oriya: ମୁେସ) occurs more in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Muše or Musé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,764th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 48,889 people. The last name Muse occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Muse reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 19,294th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 47,516 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Somalia, where it is borne by 102,833 people, or 1 in 131. Aside from Somalia this surname is found in 95 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Ethiopia, where 10 percent live.
Muse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Muse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Muse last name rose 673 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 337 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 420 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Muse Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Muse surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Muslim (62%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Muse last name are 14.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.36% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Muse earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 28.78% less than the national average, earning 246,486 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 42.74% less than the national average, earning R 136,068 per year; in Colombia they earn 29.8% less than the national average, earning $15,936,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.52% less than the national average, earning $40,336 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.19% less than the national average, earning $37,166 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Muse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muse in the Georgian language | ||
| მუსე | muse | - |
| Muse in the Marathi language | ||
| मुसे | muse | 97.74 |
| मूसे | muse | 0.75 |
| मुसा | musa | 0.75 |
| मुशे | muse | 0.75 |
| Muse in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁେସ | muesa | 71.43 |
| ମୁେଷ | muesa | 28.57 |
| Muse in the Hindi language | ||
| मूसे | muse | 66.98 |
| मुसे | muse | 33.02 |
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Muse Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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