McMurtey Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

McMurtey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McMurtey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

McMurtey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McMurtey Come From? nationality or country of origin

McMurtey is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McMurtey? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of McMurtey live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name McMurtey is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Oklahoma, where 33 percent are found, Oregon, where 33 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found.

McMurtey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McMurtey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McMurtey last name declined 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McMurtey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.

McMurtey earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,550 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to McMurtey
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