McMurphey is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 9 characters long in length.
Lastname McMurphey is form of O'Murphy. The name was anciently spelt O'Murroghoe. The sept extended it self widely over Ireland. Very early after the introduction of surnames into that country, the death of Flaherty O'Murroghoe, chief of Cinel Breaghain, county of Donegal, is recorded in the Annals, under A.D. 1031.
Among the lower orders in the South of England the word murphy signifies a potato. Does this imply that some bearer of the surname introduced that now indispensable vegetable into England from the sister island? The potato was cultivated in Ireland long before it was known in this country. A century ago-strange as the statement may appear to non antiquarian readers—this esculent was scarcely known, at least in the south-eastern district. There is a tradition that potatoes were introduced into East Sussex from Devonshire, by the vicar of my native parish (Chudingly), the Rev. John Herring, who died so recently as 1776.
The form of Murphy. Descendant of Murchadh meaning "sea warrior".
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McMurphey is a very rare surname, few people in United States have the family name and might be arised from United States. So far only 10 people have been found who wears McMurphey as their surname. McMurphey have bearers in just 1 or 2 countries. More detailed information can be found below:
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