as a Last Name
- 201,992
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Murray
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: regional name from Moray in northeastern Scotland, which is probably named with Old Celtic elements meaning ‘sea’ + ‘settlement’.
| 118th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 201,992
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Murray per capita
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