Murdoch
Murdoch is the 8,080th most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,927 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 76,100.
By the numbers
- People
- 3,927
- Rank
- 8,080th
- How common
- 1 in 76,100
- Per 100,000
- 1.3
Where the name comes from
Origin Scottish Gaelic
but possibly from Scottish Gaelic muir (“sea”), or from muireach (“mariner”); or from descendants of Clan Macpherson, also titled "Clann Mhuirich" indicating descent from "Mhuirich the Parson"; or from descendants of legendary bard Muiredach O Daly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Murdoch described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Murdoch
- Rupert Murdoch (born 1931)American businessman
- Iris Murdoch (1919–1999)Irish-born British writer and philosopher
- William Murdoch (1754–1839)Scottish engineer and inventor
- William McMaster Murdoch (1873–1912)British sailor
- Wendi Murdoch (born 1968)Chinese-American businesswoman
- Lachlan Murdoch (born 1971)British-American-Australian businessman
- Ross Murdoch (born 1994)Scottish swimmer
- David Murdoch (born 1978)Scottish and British curler and coach
People named Murdoch with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Murdoch
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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.