MURRAY is ranked as the 129th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 210,271.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 65.95 people named MURRAY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 89% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named MURRAY is
210,708, the rank is 123
and the proportion per 100k Americans named MURRAY is 66.14.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
MURRAY is
77.6% White,
1.7% Hispanic origin,
18.1% Black,
0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name MURRAY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name MURRAY is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MURRAY
The state with the most people named
MURRAY is
California where
18,884 people have this name.
Vermont is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named MURRAY, as
137.01 in every 100,000
Vermontians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
Vermont is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name MURRAY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
7,431
57.69
99.9%
Indiana
3,918
59.39
99.8%
Iowa
1,752
56.4
99.8%
Kansas
1,878
64.66
99.7%
Michigan
6,243
63
99.9%
Minnesota
2,545
46.64
99.9%
Missouri
1,669
55.73
99.2%
Nebraska
894
47.49
99.6%
North Dakota
306
41.32
98.8%
Ohio
7,714
66.54
99.9%
South Dakota
433
50.79
99.3%
Wisconsin
2,507
43.55
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name MURRAY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
478
64.86
99.2%
Arizona
4,002
59.45
99.9%
California
18,884
48.67
99.9%
Colorado
3,201
59.77
99.9%
Hawaii
578
40.71
99.4%
Idaho
1,015
62.1
99.6%
Montana
745
72.81
99.7%
Nevada
1,843
64.93
99.8%
New Mexico
916
43.92
99.3%
Oregon
2,513
63.3
99.8%
Utah
2,145
72.88
99.7%
Washington
4,663
66.04
99.9%
Wyoming
392
67.05
99.3%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name MURRAY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
2,677
74.42
99.9%
Maine
1,426
107.22
99.6%
Massachusetts
6,592
97.73
99.9%
New Hampshire
1,607
121.13
99.9%
New Jersey
7,610
85.14
100.0%
New York
17,800
90.14
100.0%
Pennsylvania
10,899
85.23
100.0%
Rhode Island
839
79.47
99.7%
Vermont
858
137.01
99.9%
South States
State stats for the first name MURRAY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MURRAY as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named MURRAY.
The most popular full name is James MURRAY.
2.36% of all the people named MURRAY
have this given name.
There are 4356 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name MURRAY