# Murrow (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/murrow/  
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) | 1,384 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,513 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 223,082 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.1% (1,280 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr (“moor”) + Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Murrow 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Murrow in the United States.

## People named Murrow

- Edward R. Murrow, American broadcast journalist (1908–1965)

## Similar surnames

Murray, Morrow, Murry, Muro, Mauro, Marrow, Murr, Marro, Merrow, Murrah, Murrey, Moore.

## 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.