# Murrey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/murrey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,116 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,924 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 276,654 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.6% (1,235 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Murrey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Similar surnames

Murray, Morey, Murry, Muro, Merry, Murr, Maury, Murrow, Murrah, Moore, Meyer, Morrow.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.