McMurtry

English

Alternative forms

• McMurtrey, McMurtrie

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Muircheartaigh (“son of Muircheartach”), a personal name composed of the elements muir (“sea”) + ceartach (“ruler”). Compare McCurdy and Moriarty.

Proper noun

McMurtry (plural McMurtrys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McMurtry is the 11984^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2606 individuals. McMurtry is most common among White (77.86%) and Black/African American (15.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McMurtry”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 559.