Murray Forename
10,506th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 96,664 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
New Zealand
Murray Forename Definition:
M. A ‘Christianising’ of the surname, itself sometimes Murrey, ‘dark red,’ and sometimes Middle English murie, ‘merry.’ (Weekley, Romance of Names.)
Murray Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 100% | 31,529 | 1:1,051 | 236 |
| United States | 100% | 25,767 | 1:14,070 | 1,332 |
| New Zealand | - | 15,588 | 1:291 | 40 |
| Australia | - | 12,012 | 1:1,137 | 236 |
| England | 100% | 4,151 | 1:13,395 | 972 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,942 | 1:1,819 | 279 |
| South Africa | 98% | 1,988 | 1:27,431 | 3,431 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91% | 418 | 1:19,503 | 1,943 |
| Samoa | - | 411 | 1:475 | 140 |
| Ireland | 79% | 141 | 1:32,933 | 1,297 |
| Thailand | 100% | 129 | 1:543,146 | 25,129 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 96 | 1:769,038 | 24,327 |
| Wales | 100% | 96 | 1:32,232 | 1,409 |
| Zambia | - | 80 | 1:198,185 | 6,970 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 69 | 1:244,958 | 8,419 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 60 | 1:257,064 | 14,378 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 52 | 1:26,181 | 2,890 |
| Brazil | 100% | 49 | 1:4,372,166 | 71,459 |
| Bahamas | - | 48 | 1:8,320 | 1,070 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 47 | 1:3,777,965 | 62,190 |
| Israel | 90% | 46 | 1:182,672 | 5,923 |
| Philippines | 78% | 45 | 1:2,355,766 | 50,300 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 44 | 1:692,044 | 27,306 |
| Japan | - | 42 | 1:3,047,287 | 23,072 |
| France | 100% | 40 | 1:1,661,758 | 10,530 |
| Germany | 99% | 36 | 1:2,685,497 | 13,801 |
| Indonesia | - | 33 | 1:7,817,081 | 269,446 |
| China | - | 31 | 1:44,066,316 | 61,924 |
| India | 70% | 29 | 1:41,892,344 | 765,715 |
| Jamaica | - | 28 | 1:102,972 | 4,346 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Singapore | - | 26 | 1:241,810 | 8,930 |
| Hong Kong | - | 23 | 1:337,075 | 3,808 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 21 | 1:87,769 | 1,438 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 21 | 1:391,119 | 6,896 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Liberia | 100% | 15 | 1:294,137 | 9,351 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Sweden | 100% | 13 | 1:758,301 | 16,746 |
| Guyana | 100% | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11 | 1:1,044,549 | 12,446 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 10 | 1:2,161,050 | 45,539 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Mexico | 100% | 9 | 1:13,793,825 | 37,132 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Spain | - | 8 | 1:5,816,246 | 16,159 |
| Isle of Man | - | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Jersey | 100% | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Norway | 100% | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Uganda | 100% | 7 | 1:5,850,989 | 49,331 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Russia | 50% | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Italy | 100% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Costa Rica | - | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Senegal | - | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Belize | - | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Murray (458,501) may also be a surname.
Murray Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
M. A ‘Christianising’ of the surname, itself sometimes Murrey, ‘dark red,’ and sometimes Middle English murie, ‘merry.’ (Weekley, Romance of Names.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Celtic name, meaning: Seaman.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Gaelic name: Moirreach; from the county name Moray or Murray, early Gadelic forms being Moreb, Muref, and Norse Morhœfi (influenced by Norse haf, sea): *Mor-apia, from mor of muir, sea, and *apia, the termination of several Celtic place-names.. Andrew Morrich, Kiltearn, 1672.
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
Murray Forename Popularity
Murray Demographics
Average Murray Salary in
United States
$48,191 USD
Per year
Rank:
144,762 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00782299
Rank: 1,193 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
110.71%
Sample size: 13,382 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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