Murrah Surname
Approximately 2,415 people bear this surname
Murrah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,576 | 1:229,987 | 22,165 |
| India | 807 | 1:950,515 | 40,686 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 358 | 1:140,276 | 13,217 |
Murrah (47) may also be a first name.
Murrah Demographics
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Murrah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Murrah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Murrah is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Murrah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 177,152nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,017,617 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Murrah live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. Murrah is also the 1,467,136th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 47 people.
The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 1,576 people, or 1 in 229,987. In The United States Murrah is most prevalent in: Texas, where 21 percent live, Georgia, where 13 percent live and Mississippi, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Murrah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Murrah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Murrah surname expanded 440 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Murrah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Murrah last name are 18.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.79% being registered to vote for the party.
Murrah earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.74% less than the national average, earning $41,102 USD per year.
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Murrah Reference & Research
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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 Murrah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis