Derived from the region in Scotland called Moray seaboard settlement. A notable bearer of this surname was General James Murray (1721-1794), who was the first British Governor-General of Canada.
The town of Garryowen was named after the old Irish tune Garry Owen which was one of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's favorite marching songs. Garry Owen is an old Irish quick-step that can be traced back to the 1800s. it is known to have been used by Irish regiments as a drinking song.
This unusual name is of French locational origin, from a place called D'urban or D'urbin in Languedoc.The family from that area are recorded heraldically before 1680.he first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ann Durbann, christened. which was dated April 1599, in Axbridge, Somerset. during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, known as Good Queen Bess, 1558 - 1603.