Murrow

English

Etymology

From Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr (“moor”) + Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).

Proper noun

Murrow (countable and uncountable, plural Murrows)

1. A surname.
2. A village in Wisbech St Mary parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF3707).

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Murrow is the 19513^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1384 individuals. Murrow is most common among White (88.95%) individuals.