McMurray

English

Alternative forms

• MacMurray, McCurry, McMurry

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Muireadhaigh (“son of the seafarer”). Compare Murdock.

Proper noun

McMurray (countable and uncountable, plural McMurrays)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A census-designeted place in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McMurray is the 3613^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9824 individuals. McMurray is most common among White (81.47%) and Black/African American (12.3%) individuals.

Further reading

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