Distribution of the name 'Muir'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Muir' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Muir'
In the UK there are 4,446 phone book entries with the surname Muir and approximately 19,362 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Muir is the 445. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 65 counties. Most occurrences are in Central: 1,234.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Strathclyde (712), Lothian (371), Fife (197), Tayside (192), Greater London (147), Grampian (94), Greater Manchester (80), Dumfries and Galloway (79), as well as Kent (74).
The following surnames sound like Muir: Moore, Murray, Maher, Morrow, Mair, Marr, Moir, Merry, Mary, Mayer, Moor, Meyer, More, Morrey, Mawer, Mayor, Morey, Mara, Mower, Meara, Mear, Marie, Murr, Marrow, Mario, Mare, Maria, Moorey, Murie, Meir.
The distribution of the name 'Muir' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Muir in the counties
| Central - The surname Muir is is the 70. most common name - 1,234 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Muir is is the 50. most common name - 712 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Muir is is the 95. most common name - 371 persons |
| Fife - The surname Muir is is the 136. most common name - 197 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Muir is is the 155. most common name - 192 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Muir is is the 1109. most common name - 147 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Muir is is the 226. most common name - 94 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Muir is is the 1055. most common name - 80 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Muir is is the 80. most common name - 79 persons |
| Kent - The surname Muir is is the 980. most common name - 74 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Muir is the 1575. most common name - 70 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Muir is the 1843. most common name - 68 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Muir is the 356. most common name - 62 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Muir is the 1168. most common name - 57 persons |
| Essex - The surname Muir is the 1082. most common name - 53 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Muir is the 976. most common name - 53 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Muir is the 1879. most common name - 52 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Muir is the 742. most common name - 52 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Muir is the 722. most common name - 46 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Muir is the 1003. most common name - 43 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Muir is the 1119. most common name - 41 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Muir is the 1092. most common name - 41 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Muir is the 768. most common name - 37 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Muir is the 1488. most common name - 37 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Muir is the 1587. most common name - 36 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Muir is the 1093. most common name - 35 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Muir is the 1307. most common name - 34 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Muir is the 1270. most common name - 33 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Muir is the 1223. most common name - 32 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Muir is the 801. most common name - 26 persons |
| Devon - The surname Muir is is the 1542. most common name - 23 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Muir is is the 1251. most common name - 23 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Muir is is the 1501. most common name - 23 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Muir is is the 900. most common name - 19 persons |
| Highland - The surname Muir is is the 396. most common name - 18 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Muir is is the 1668. most common name - 18 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Muir is is the 2210. most common name - 17 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Muir is is the 1568. most common name - 17 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Muir is is the 1994. most common name - 16 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Muir is is the 1555. most common name - 16 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Muir is is the 1306. most common name - 16 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Muir is is the 1156. most common name - 15 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Muir is is the 252. most common name - 15 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Muir is is the 956. most common name - 12 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Muir is is the 1313. most common name - 10 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Muir is is the 1557. most common name - 10 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Muir is is the 1886. most common name - 10 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Muir is is the 1768. most common name - 10 persons |
| Borders - The surname Muir is is the 348. most common name - 9 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Muir is is the 1910. most common name - 8 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Muir is is the 2255. most common name - 8 persons |
| Durham - The surname Muir is is the 2429. most common name - 7 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Muir is is the 1120. most common name - 7 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Muir is is the 4188. most common name - 7 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Muir is is the 2016. most common name - 4 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Muir is is the 5522. most common name - 4 persons |
| County Down - The surname Muir is is the 2221. most common name - 3 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Muir is is the 4243. most common name - 3 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Muir is is the 3232. most common name - 2 persons |
| Powys - The surname Muir is is the 1904. most common name - 2 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Muir is is the 1877. most common name - 2 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Muir is is the 2066. most common name - 1 person |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Muir is is the 2451. most common name - 1 person |
| Leicestershire - The surname Muir is is the 5372. most common name - 1 person |
| Avon - The surname Muir is is the 2767. most common name - 1 person |
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