Explore the Family Name Mcmurtrey

The meaning of Mcmurtrey

Irish (northern): variant of McMurtry.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Mcmurtrey in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Mcmurtrey has experienced slight changes in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 19,222, with a count of 1306 people bearing this name. This translated into a proportion of 0.48 per 100,000 individuals. By 2010, the rank dropped slightly to 19,306, but the count increased to 1402 people, marking an increase of 7.35 percent. However, the proportion per 100,000 remained steady at 0.48.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,222	#19,306	-0.44%
Count	1,306	1,402	7.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.48	0.48	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mcmurtrey

When discussing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Mcmurtrey, it's important to note that the data is based on the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, the majority of individuals with this last name identified as White (92.34 percent). There were also smaller percentages identifying as Two or more races (1.91 percent), Hispanic (1.84 percent), and American Indian and Alaskan Native (1.84 percent). By 2010, there was a small decrease in those identifying as White (89.73 percent) and increases seen in those identifying as Two or more races (2.21 percent), Hispanic (2.28 percent), Black (2.21 percent), and American Indian and Alaskan Native (2.85 percent). An intriguing development was the appearance of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, marking a new addition to the diversity of the Mcmurtrey surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.34%	89.73%	-2.83%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.84%	2.85%	54.89%
Hispanic	1.84%	2.28%	23.91%
Two or More Races	1.91%	2.21%	15.71%
Black	0%	2.21%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.71%	0%