How common is the surname Murrey?

1,116 people in the United States had the surname Murrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Murrey getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, down 9.6%.

The surname Murrey

A surname, carried by 1,116 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murrey is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,116 people named Murrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. That is down 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,235.

#22,924

rank among US surnames

1,116

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-9.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,087)

Who is named Murrey

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

74% of people named Murrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Murrey

Murrey has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Questions

How common is the surname Murrey?: 1,116 people in the United States had the surname Murrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Murrey?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Murrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Murrey getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, down 9.6%.