Is There a Murchison Coat of Arms?

Murchison is an English surname. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “the son of the dwarf”. It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear. Related forms include Murch and Murche.

Murchison ranked 8,106 in the 2010 US Census, with 4,089 people answering to the name. That puts it inside the top 10,000 US surnames.

If a Murchison family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. For the full story, order the Murchison surname pack.