Last Name MURCH

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Meaning	Local: At the march, from residence thereby, i.e. at the boundary line. Also 'at the marsh,' from residence thereby, i.e. the swamp. This variant seems to be of West county parentage.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	15,269 (2000 US census)	16,056 (1990 US census)

Count	1,767 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.02%, or 1679 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.4%, or 7 total occurrences, as black,
0.79%, or 14 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.28%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 24 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.15%, or 38 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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