How common is the surname McMurtrey?

1,402 people in the United States had the surname McMurtrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. It ranked 19,306th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McMurtrey?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named McMurtrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname McMurtrey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,402 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname McMurtrey

A surname, carried by 1,402 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McMurtrey is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of McMurtry.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,402 people named McMurtrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,306.

#19,306

rank among US surnames

1,402

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,222)

Who is named McMurtrey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named McMurtrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McMurtrey

McMurtrey has the Soundex code M256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M256.

Questions

Where does the surname McMurtrey come from?: Variant of McMurtry.
How common is the surname McMurtrey?: 1,402 people in the United States had the surname McMurtrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. It ranked 19,306th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McMurtrey?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named McMurtrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname McMurtrey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,402 in 2010, up 7.4%.