McMurdo
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English
Etymology
Variant of McMurphy.
Proper noun
McMurdo (countable and uncountable, plural McMurdos)
- A surname from Irish.
- Short for McMurdo Station.
- 2023 November 8, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, “At trial, man accused of assaulting woman at US research station in Antarctica denies hurting her”, in The Independent:
- An Associated Press investigation in August uncovered a pattern of women at McMurdo who said their claims of sexual harassment or assault were minimized by their employers, often leading to them or others being put in further danger.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:McMurdo.
Derived terms
- Research station
- Surname
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McMurdo is the 53538th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 386 individuals. McMurdo is most common among White (93.78%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McMurdo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 559.