How common is the surname Murdoch?

3,790 people in the United States had the surname Murdoch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,463 Americans. It ranked 8,669th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Murdoch?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Murdoch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Murdoch?

Rupert Murdoch, American businessman, followed by Lachlan Murdoch.

Where is the surname Murdoch most common?

Wikidata records people named Murdoch in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Murdoch?

Murdoch is /ˈmɜː(ɹ)dɒk/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Murdoch getting more or less common?

More common. 3,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,790 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Murdoch

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 3,790 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɜː(ɹ)dɒk/ 2 syllables Soundex M632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murdoch is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Unknown, but possibly from Scottish Gaelic muir (“sea”), or from muireach (“mariner”); or from descendants of Clan Macpherson, also titled "Clann Mhuirich" indicating descent from "Mhuirich the Parson"; or from descendants of legendary bard Muiredach O Daly.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,790 people named Murdoch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,463 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,615.

#8,669

rank among US surnames

3,790

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,402)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,664	Hufford	3,793	81,399
#8,665	Bos	3,792	81,420
#8,668	Merkle	3,791	81,442
#8,669	McKim	3,790	81,463
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528

Who is named Murdoch

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

93% of people named Murdoch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Murdochs

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rupert Murdoch
American businessman, born 1931
Lachlan Murdoch
British-American-Australian businessman (born 1971)
Billy Murdoch
Australian cricketer (1854-1911)
Keith Murdoch
Australian journalist (1885–1952)
Sarah Murdoch
Australian model and television presenter, born 1972
Dick Murdoch
American professional wrestler, 1946–1996
Adam Hall
Badminton player, born 1996

Notable Murdochs come mostly from Australia (3), the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Murdoch

Murdoch has the Soundex code M632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M632.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Murdoch come from?: Unknown, but possibly from Scottish Gaelic muir (“sea”), or from muireach (“mariner”); or from descendants of Clan Macpherson, also titled "Clann Mhuirich" indicating descent from "Mhuirich the Parson"; or from descendants of legendary bard Muiredach O Daly.
How common is the surname Murdoch?: 3,790 people in the United States had the surname Murdoch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,463 Americans. It ranked 8,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Murdoch?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Murdoch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Murdoch?: Rupert Murdoch, American businessman, followed by Lachlan Murdoch.
Where is the surname Murdoch most common?: Wikidata records people named Murdoch in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Murdoch?: Murdoch is /ˈmɜː(ɹ)dɒk/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Murdoch getting more or less common?: More common. 3,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,790 in 2010, up 4.8%.