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    The surname Murrin

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,519 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M650

    Murrin: #18,278 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Murrin #18,278, 1,519 people Murrin: #18,278 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Murrin #18,278, 1,519 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Murrin is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muireáin (“descendant of Muireán”), a diminutive of a personal name beginning with muir (“sea”).

    Murrin is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,519 people named Murrin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,256 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,321.

    #18,278
    rank among US surnames
    1,519
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15%
    change since 2000 (was #19,059)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,272Loja1,520203,122
    #18,278Merlin1,519203,256
    #18,286Langlais1,518203,390

    Who is named Murrin

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

    90% of people named Murrin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Murran

    Surnames that sound like Murrin

    Murrin has the Soundex code M650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M650.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Murrin come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muireáin (“descendant of Muireán”), a diminutive of a personal name beginning with muir (“sea”).
    How common is the surname Murrin?
    1,519 people in the United States had the surname Murrin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,256 Americans. It ranked 18,278th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Murrin?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Murrin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Murrin?
    Murrin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Murrin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,519 in 2010, up 15%.
    What are other spellings of Murrin?
    Murran.