McMurdo

English

Etymology

Variant of McMurphy.

Proper noun

McMurdo (countable and uncountable, plural McMurdos)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. Short for McMurdo Station.
   • 2023 November 8, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, “At trial, man accused of assaulting woman at US research station in Antarctica denies hurting her”, in The Independent‎^[1]:

     An Associated Press investigation in August uncovered a pattern of women at McMurdo who said their claims of sexual harassment or assault were minimized by their employers, often leading to them or others being put in further danger.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:McMurdo.

Derived terms

• Research station
  • McMurdoan
  • McMurdoite

   
• Surname
  • McMurdo Sound

   

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McMurdo is the 53538^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 386 individuals. McMurdo is most common among White (93.78%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McMurdo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 559.