Murray is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Murray
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Scotland, Ireland
Meaning:

The founder of the clan of Sutherland settled in the XII century in the province of Murref, Moray, or Moravia, comprehending the modern counties of Murray or Elgin, and parts of Inverness and Banff, whence the family for several generations assumed the name of Murref or De Moraria, which they retained even after their occupation of Sudrland or Sutherland, and their elevation to that earldom. They subsequently assumed the name of Sutherland. The people did the same; and the names of Murray and Sutherland still distinguish the bulk of the population near Dunrobin, although to a stranger this would scarcely appear obvious, through their sobriquets, Bain, white; Gow, smith; Roy, red, etc.

Mor taobh or tav, Sea-shore. The county of Moray, anciently Mureve, was called by the Highlanders Murav or Morav. The name is said to be derived from a colony of Moravians who came over in the first century; but at that time the Moravians were called Marcommanni or Quadi.

One who came from Moray, i.e., beside the sea, in Scotland.

A variant form of the McMurray. The son of Muireadhach meaning "belonging to the sea, or a lord".

How popular is Murray?

Murray is common in United States, England, Canada, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, Jamaica, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Wales, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Guyana, Argentina, France, Saudi Arabia, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Spain, Tanzania, Panama, Bahamas, Brazil, Germany, India, Iran, Netherlands, Mexico, Colombia, Sweden, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Grenada, Philippines, Costa Rica, Chile, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Portugal, Nigeria, Switzerland, Bahrain, Nicaragua, Greece, Malaysia, Paraguay, Jersey.

Murray is ranked 1163 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Murray bearers increased by 3.64 per cent in 2010 US census to 184910 since 2000, the surname slipped by 13 spots and ranked at 136. The last name was found in around 6 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.92 77.59
Black 19.29 18.13
Hispanic or Latino 2.6 1.66
Others 2.02 1.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 0.6
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.48
Murray is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Scotland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 458460 people have been found who wears Murray as their family name. Murray is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Murray:
125 United States230,965
Countries with ten thousands of Murray:
102 England54,511
50 Canada38,199
53 Australia37,957
11 Scotland26,955
15 Ireland21,501
Countries with thousands of Murray:
802 South Africa8,646
67 Jamaica8,057
22 Northern Ireland6,071
34 New Zealand5,616
142 Wales2,053
124 Trinidad and Tobago1,566
7,333 Thailand1,190
96 Guyana1,008
Countries with hundreds of Murray:
4,145 Argentina869
10,751 France868
6,011 Saudi Arabia755
122 Barbados614
1,213 Dominican Republic593
7,421 Spain533
10,822 Tanzania471
819 Panama469
172 Bahamas444
18,417 Brazil439
23,807 Germany384
71,944 India358
17,069 Iran355
8,308 Netherlands348
7,978 Mexico308
4,452 Colombia302
2,779 Sweden289
3,229 Papua New Guinea286
561 Fiji283
9,758 Zimbabwe238
2,009 Liberia221
101 Grenada211
58,013 Philippines207
816 Costa Rica186
3,808 Chile174
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines169
477 Belize164
3,431 Portugal160
45,936 Nigeria159
6,856 Switzerland157
1,687 Bahrain147
1,334 Nicaragua141
17,261 Greece108
15,216 Malaysia108
1,812 Paraguay105
116 Jersey103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
169 Antigua and Barbuda100
839 Solomon Islands99
22,820 Japan98
7,339 Ecuador96
102 Guernsey96
8,011 Norway92
60,619 Italy85
6,734 Denmark84
173 Isle of Man79
21,156 Belgium76
12,624 Israel76
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis76
8,522 Venezuela72
250 United States Virgin Islands71
1,858 Honduras69
1,258 China60
1,763 Cyprus58
483 Saint Lucia57
149,158 Russia55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
22,149 Austria50
2,933 Hong Kong50
215 Bermuda48
10,632 Iraq47
16,167 Peru47
39,315 Czechia34
4,028 Suriname32
22,758 United Arab Emirates28
306 Cayman Islands26
118 Cook Islands25
18,073 Finland25
406 Sierra Leone25
283,723 Indonesia20
1,289 Malta18
560 South Korea18
18,229 Botswana17
34,558 Hungary17
3,845 Oman17
13,856 Singapore17
483 Gibraltar16
15,474 Estonia15
53,778 Pakistan15
389 Curaçao14
11,540 Ghana13
268 Turks and Caicos Islands13
236 Monaco12
26,891 Qatar12
34 Norfolk Island11
126,214 Poland11
13,802 Taiwan11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
19,525 Malawi10
64,129 Slovakia9
714 Vanuatu9
2,767 Vietnam9
1,431 American Samoa8
3,029 Guam8
3,219 Puerto Rico8
6,953 Angola7
114,218 Uganda7
25,178 Afghanistan6
561 British Virgin Islands6
8,069 Cambodia6
4,053 El Salvador6
56,696 Romania6
8,174 Sudan6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patt Murray was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 12, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Ottowa from Liverpool. Maid Ellen Murray, John Murray (23) Servant, 25 years old Peter Murray, Michael Murray (20) Workman, Phillip Murray, aged 20, Michael Murray (28) Workman, 19 years old Seline Murray, Land Agent Thomas Murray, and 2168 other Murray around 51.23% of whom were workman while others worked as weaver and dressmaker, spinster, seamstress, farmer, servant, soap maker, mason, engineer, factory worker, matron, mechanic, carpenter, tailoress, waiter, gardner/grower, shoemaker, grocer, house maid, miner, merchant, joiner, butcher, painter, dealer, sweeper, blacksmith, clerk, miller, bricklayer migrated to US.

From Germany

Farmer John Murray from Germany aboard the Bavaria from Havre. He is registered to be 44 years old when he arrived in USA on August 31, 1852. Joseph Murray, 23 years old Catharine Murray, Edward Murray, aged 4, George Murray, 22 years old John.H. Murray, M. Murray, Mar Murray, 11 years old Thomas Murray, and 16 other Murray around 50% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US from Havre, London, Bremen and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Murray Namesakes

  • H. J. R. Murray, English educationalist, inspector of schools
  • Sunny Murray, was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming
  • W. H. Murray, Scottish mountaineer and writer
  • Gilbert Murray, Australian-born BritishAustralian by birth
  • Stuart Murray, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • T. C. Murray, Irish dramatist
  • Joseph Philip Robert Murray, served as 19th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, English journalist
  • John Gregory Murray, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Alexander Hunter Murray, Hudson's Bay Company fur trader and artist
  • John Murray, Lord Murray, Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice
  • William Henry Murray, friend of Walter Scott particularly associated with dramatisations of Scott's Waverley Novels
  • Ronald King Murray, Lord Murray, Scottish Labour politician and judge
  • Peter J. Murray, writer of children's books
  • Charles Murray, Lord Murray, Scottish Tory politician, lawyer and judge
  • William Henry Harrison Murray, American clergyman and author of an influential series of articles and books which popularized the Adirondack Mountains
  • Juggy Murray, Henry 'Juggy' Murray Jr
  • Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, American-Canadian newspaper editor, publisher
  • George Matheson Murray, publisher and politician in British Columbia
  • John Wilson Murray, Canadian sailor and police officer
  • Walter Charles Murray, first President of the University of Saskatchewan
  • Yvonne Murray, Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete
  • Herbert Harley Murray, Scottish colonial governor
  • Alma Murray, English actress
  • Ann Murray, Irish mezzo-soprano
  • Hubert Murray, judge and Lieutenant-Governor of Papua
  • Wal Murray, Australian politician
  • K. Gordon Murray, American producer
  • Shaun Murray, developed by Shaba Games and released on June 3
  • Sabina Murray, award-winning Filipina American screenwriter
  • Robert Maynard Murray, attorney, banker
  • Rupert Murray, film director working in London
  • Hilda Chaulk Murray,
  • Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray, Australian geologist
  • Mitchell Durno Murray, Australian veterinary scientist
  • John O'Kane Murray, noted physician and author
  • Feg Murray, American athlete
  • Edmundo Murray, writer, born in a family with Argentine, Colombian
  • Martin Glyn Murray, Danish-born British actor
  • Ronan Murray, Irish musician
  • Basil Murray, British editor
  • Mary Lindley Murray, is known
  • Alexander Stuart Murray, Scottish archaeologist
  • Joseph Murray, American plastic surgeon
  • John Courtney Murray, American Jesuit priest and theologian,
  • Francis Joseph Murray, mathematician,
  • Donald Walter Gordon Murray, Canadian cardiac surgeon
  • Henry Murray, American psychologist at Harvard University
  • Robin Murray, Scottish psychiatrist
  • Bruce C. Murray, American planetary scientist
  • Margaret Murray, Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist
  • Bill Murray, American actor, comedian, and writer
  • Anne Murray, Canadian singer in pop, country
  • Patty Murray, American politician serving as the senior United States Senator
  • Ruby Murray, Northern Irish singer and actress
  • Arthur Murray, American ballroom dancer and businessman
  • Al Murray, English comedian, actor and writer
  • Eddie Murray, former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter

Murray Namesakes

  • H. J. R. Murray, English educationalist, inspector of schools
  • Sunny Murray, was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming
  • W. H. Murray, Scottish mountaineer and writer
  • Gilbert Murray, Australian-born BritishAustralian by birth
  • Stuart Murray, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • T. C. Murray, Irish dramatist
  • Joseph Philip Robert Murray, served as 19th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, English journalist
  • John Gregory Murray, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Alexander Hunter Murray, Hudson's Bay Company fur trader and artist
  • John Murray, Lord Murray, Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice
  • William Henry Murray, friend of Walter Scott particularly associated with dramatisations of Scott's Waverley Novels
  • Ronald King Murray, Lord Murray, Scottish Labour politician and judge
  • Peter J. Murray, writer of children's books
  • Charles Murray, Lord Murray, Scottish Tory politician, lawyer and judge
  • William Henry Harrison Murray, American clergyman and author of an influential series of articles and books which popularized the Adirondack Mountains
  • Juggy Murray, Henry 'Juggy' Murray Jr
  • Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, American-Canadian newspaper editor, publisher
  • George Matheson Murray, publisher and politician in British Columbia
  • John Wilson Murray, Canadian sailor and police officer
  • Walter Charles Murray, first President of the University of Saskatchewan
  • Yvonne Murray, Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete
  • Herbert Harley Murray, Scottish colonial governor
  • Alma Murray, English actress
  • Ann Murray, Irish mezzo-soprano
  • Hubert Murray, judge and Lieutenant-Governor of Papua
  • Wal Murray, Australian politician
  • K. Gordon Murray, American producer
  • Shaun Murray, developed by Shaba Games and released on June 3
  • Sabina Murray, award-winning Filipina American screenwriter
  • Robert Maynard Murray, attorney, banker
  • Rupert Murray, film director working in London
  • Hilda Chaulk Murray,
  • Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray, Australian geologist
  • Mitchell Durno Murray, Australian veterinary scientist
  • John O'Kane Murray, noted physician and author
  • Feg Murray, American athlete
  • Edmundo Murray, writer, born in a family with Argentine, Colombian
  • Martin Glyn Murray, Danish-born British actor
  • Ronan Murray, Irish musician
  • Basil Murray, British editor
  • Mary Lindley Murray, is known
  • Alexander Stuart Murray, Scottish archaeologist
  • Joseph Murray, American plastic surgeon
  • John Courtney Murray, American Jesuit priest and theologian,
  • Francis Joseph Murray, mathematician,
  • Donald Walter Gordon Murray, Canadian cardiac surgeon
  • Henry Murray, American psychologist at Harvard University
  • Robin Murray, Scottish psychiatrist
  • Bruce C. Murray, American planetary scientist
  • Margaret Murray, Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist
  • Bill Murray, American actor, comedian, and writer
  • Anne Murray, Canadian singer in pop, country
  • Patty Murray, American politician serving as the senior United States Senator
  • Ruby Murray, Northern Irish singer and actress
  • Arthur Murray, American ballroom dancer and businessman
  • Al Murray, English comedian, actor and writer
  • Eddie Murray, former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter

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